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He had been ill recently and died in his sleep at the Detroit house he shared with his wife, said Dana Meah, the wife of a grandson. The Wayne County medical examiner's office also confirmed the death.<br><br>With Stubbs in the lead, the Four Tops sold millions of records, including such hits as \"Baby I Need Your Loving,\" \"Reach Out (I'll Be There)\" and \"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch).\"<br><br>The group performed for more than four decades without a change in personnel. Stubbs' death leaves one surviving member of the original group: Abdul \"Duke\" Fakir.<br><br>Stubbs \"fits right up there with all the icons of Motown,\" said Audley Smith, chief operating officer of the Motown Historical Museum. \"His voice was as unique as Marvin's or as Smokey's or as Stevie's.\"<br><br>The Four Tops began singing together in 1953 under the group name the Four Aims and signed a deal with Chess Records. They later changed their names to the Four Tops to avoid being confused with the Ames Brothers.<br><br>They also recorded for Red Top, Riverside and Columbia Records and toured supper clubs.<br><br>The Four Tops signed with Motown Records in 1963 and produced 20 Top-40 hits over the next 10 years, making music history with the other acts in Berry Gordy's Motown stable.<br><br>Their biggest hits were recorded between 1964 and 1967 with the in-house songwriting and production team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland. Both 1965's \"I Can't Help Myself\" and 1966's \"Reach Out\" went to No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart.<br>Story continues below </i><br><br>In his MEMORY:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HQEhuylZmg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HQEhuylZmg</a><br><b>Baby I Your Loving</b><br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEGlsifoqQY&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEGlsifoqQY&feat...</a><br><b>Reach Out, I'll Be There</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaXX5xFcm8E&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaXX5xFcm8E&feat...</a><br><b>Bernadette</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9B1msRZyBQ&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9B1msRZyBQ&feat...</a><br><b>Same Old Song/Walk Away Renee [Medley]</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyvLmNNtsKc&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyvLmNNtsKc&feat...</a><br><b>Can't Help Myself/Sugar Pie Honey Bunch  - live</b><br><br>ENJOY in his MEMORY!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_15:35:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133444": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Racist Obama Cartoon Roundup at the link:<br><br><a href=\"http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/most-racist-obama-cartoons/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/most-raci...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:37:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "0dfafcb5dfdcffa7928d56ea4ea3ab9b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139589": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Me either.<br><br>I don't know how to act, as my mother tells me a few times a week.<br><br>This election is driving me crazy.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_22:42:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3137825, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3135494": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Co-signing.  If I were to say one thing for Colin Powell, it would be that he's very loyal to the Bush Admistration in which he served.  He had to have known there were no WMD before he went before the U.N.  <br><br>His type of loyalty reminds me of  some of the mosst overused  Star Trek episode plots.  A member of the crew must decide between their loyalty to the captain or.......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_16:32:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3129228, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3150343": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL that is the truth!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-18_17:33:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3135680, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3132946": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "B-Serious:  Major co-sign!!!  Ever since I started on my \"blogging journey -~7months ago\", I kept asking \"whycome\" I don't see \"THIS NEWS\" on MSM?  How did I forget the <b>WHITE GENE?</b> of the \"OWNERS/REPORTERS OF MSM??</b>  I don't know!   :&gt;)<br><br>And, I don't watch \"that Joe\" either.  Don't want to get sick!!<br><br>I'm watching McAncient campaigning right now.  His real VP choice  -  JOE LIEberman is standing right there - looking like  -   a cheshire cat  - sickening!<br><br>Oh. P.S.  I'm having trouble accessing JJP, so I'm going through global Grind [Guess who \"accidentally\" found this?  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>What can I do?  I've asked my ISP for assistance.  No help!  I keep getting a 404 Error message.[Don't know what that means.? :&gt;)]<br><br>Any suggestions! ?   Thank you.<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:11:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127895, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3135397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://thepage.time.com/mccain-speech-in-miami/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://thepage.time.com/mccain-speech-in-miami/</a><br><br>LOL - stupid link!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_16:25:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3135385, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3141295": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Me too GreenLadyHere!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-18_01:07:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3141230, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139162": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If Obama has a week of Honeymoon, I'll be shocked. Joe & Mika are already paying people to think up clever,snarky oneliners that would be insulting, demoralizing and would simultaneously errode any confidence that the viewer might have. Here's Joe: \"What's Obama waiting for? See we told you he was all talk and you, the american voter, didn't believe us. Now, look at what you strapped us with for the next 4 years. It's going to be a long 4 years.\"<br><br>The REAL deal is that the country is in the toilet. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PULL OURSELVES OUT AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVER NIGHT. The National Treasury and banks have all been raided and the cupboard is bare. The robber barons paid themselves extra for getting rid of you neighbor's job. The stockmarket is tanking. Costs are going up for basic necessities. If you have to pick between food & car insurance, what are you going to pick? Yet, if you happen to get stopped by the police without the insurance, you will be criminalized. If a tornado or hurricane knocks you house down & your insurance company says they can't pay, you're shit out of luck.  The country is so financially leveraged, that it is actually a national security risk. If you see O in Saudi Arabia holding hands with Sheik Muhammad, you know he's begging for more time to pay the note. Ditto with China.  I'm not trying to make folks depressed, but he picked a very challenging time to want to be POTUS.  Bush left our country in a \"NOLA after Katrina\" state. If I didn't like him (O) so much, I'd think he was a fool. We have to support him & his good ideas as best we can, and remind people who made the mess. Times might get hard, and Obama will be the easy target.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_21:53:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3129228, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3134470": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Palin omitted from White House Iraq troop briefing<br><a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_el_pr/us_iraq_palin_1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_el_pr...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_15:35:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3135528": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It still doesn't explain why the writer's own mother didn't seek out a back street abortion. I guess, ignorance really isn't bliss.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_16:33:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3134042, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139626": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Euro-racism = good.  <br><br>Afro-racism = bad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_22:46:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3138658, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3105323": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Palin is going to be on SNL...can't do a press conference though!<br><br><a href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/10/palin-mccain.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_00:51:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "iamnotstarjones", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133493": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  Maybe, 'cause they are NOW using their Benjamins 'cause McAncient's are dwindling.<br><br>OR - maybe they feel the need to look as if they are supporting McAncient since many Repugs have <b>\"JOINED THE RAT PACK\" and JUMPED [scurried off] SHIP!!  :&gt;)</b><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:40:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127898, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3128375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The tops hits right now on THE google..<br><br>McSame relationship to Gordon Liddy....<br>yet not ONE mention on the hideous MSM<br>Mika and Joe were all Palin/McSame love all the time<br><br>Imagine it took Letterman to bring up the relationship <br>I am google bombing that stuff all day<br>Liddy raise over 150,000 for McSame and his senate campaigns", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_10:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "gaiilonfong", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3109433": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Palin, put Hollywood over America", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_02:48:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3105323, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3128893": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D, many people--myself included--have walked away from the Democratic Party for much less.   So in this day of racist cartoons, violence-inspiring rallies, and other racialized coded messages, there really isn't a burdensome conundrum of a choice: either one accepts this kind of racism as the cost of membership, or one walks away with his or her self-respect and dignity intact.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_10:17:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3128186, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3127362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think he will...  Colin has been shown to have good sense  Hell he had the good sense to leave the Bush Administration.  I think this makes him feel less obligated to tow the party line.  I guess we'll see...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_08:34:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127059, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3107395": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Another excellent diary from the road at <a href=\"http://fivethirtyeight.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">fivethirtyeight.com</a><br><br>This one is about Ohio<br><br><a href=\"http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/on-road-marietta-ohio.html#comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/on-road-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_02:04:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3127878": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ms. Martin, we have 19 days until O becomes President of the United States of America and leader of the free world. Let that sink in for a minute and fill you with excitement and contentment. <br><br>Those who are endorsing now are just jumping on the bandwagon of the winning team, IMO, like Bill Clinton. If they endorse or don't endorse, no one cares. If Powell backs McLiar, it might give a minute of solace & justification to Black repubs who insist on going down with the ship.  Other than this, no one really cares one way or another.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_09:24:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127059, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3137097": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Pat Buchanan on today's Hardball called Rev. Wright an \"afro-racist\". <br><br>And then proceeded to defend David Duke because he didn't bomb anything or anyone.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_18:24:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3128906": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why is Colin Powell's endorsement so important?<br><br><br>Fox News is already saying that because Powell was dancing with rappers that it means he's ready to endorse Obama.<br><br>Translation: Of course Colin Powell is going to endorse Obama because he's black.<br><br>I think the white undecideds & conservatives will just see Powell endorsing Obama because he's black.<br><br>Progressive/liberals will just see Powell endorsing Obama to jump on the bandwagon.<br><br>I don't know, the \"endorsement\" seems too late in coming.  Maybe if he had endorsed during the Rev. Wright saga or around the time of the DNC, but an endorsement now just seems like bandwagon jumping, just like when Edwards finally endorsed Obama after seeing twhich way the wind was blowing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_10:18:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127059, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Teacher:  LOL!   :&gt;)   True dat!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:41:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3128056, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3107512": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Another report from <a href=\"http://fivethirtyeight.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">fivethirtyeight.com</a><br><br>This one is about <a href=\"http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/on-road-morgantown-west-by-god-virginia.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">West Virginia</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_02:08:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3127378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "co-sign", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_08:36:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3107395, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3127379": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ohio man caught burning a cross 'for Halloween':<br><br><a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_re_us/burning_arrest\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_re_us...</a><br><br> Fri Oct 17, 12:22 am ET<br><br>CANTON, Ohio \u2013 A man who burned a cross in front of his home says he was arrested in a misunderstanding over his Halloween decorations.<br><br>Thirty-six-year-old Shane Helson said he wanted to make his annual yard display more authentic and set fire to the T-shaped wooden cross so it would look more weathered.<br><br>The fire department responded Tuesday night, and a police complaint said Helson continued to spray lighter fluid on the wood after authorities arrived.<br><br>He pleaded guilty to having a disorderly house, a misdemeanor. Municipal Judge Mary Falvey fined Helson $100 and ordered him to complete 75 hours of community service. He is also barred from burning any more crosses on his display.<br><br>If Helson violates any conditions set by the court, he would have to serve 30 days in jail.<br><br>Helson is white, as is next-door neighbor Stephanie Blankenship. But her husband is black, and Blankenship says they have had problems with Helson and his roommate before and she feels intimidated.<br><br>___<br><br>Information from: The Repository, <a href=\"http://www.cantonrep.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cantonrep.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_08:36:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3127054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ha, ha, ha and I'll take that vote!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_07:56:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "goldenstar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3105550, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3127895": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That link is wrong . . . <br><br>it's <a href=\"http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/todays-polls-1016.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/todays-p...</a> <br><br>I didn't realize that this format automatically assigns a clickable link when you write one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_09:25:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127769, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3127898": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I haven't seen a McCain ad from the McCain campaign in about a week.  All the ads attacking Obama are from the RNC.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_09:26:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3126079, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133531": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   YAAAAAAA!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:41:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3107742, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3138658": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This woman is completely vile. I really thought I was listening to Palin's twin. <br>Not only do they both spew similar hate speech,  Bachmann appears to be just as vapid and lacking in depth<br><br>I really could not believe what I was hearing. My husband has really been anti-Chris lately because he feels he never interrogates GOP bullshiters. I think Chris goes both ways. On one hand I wanted him to rebut her charges or ask about McCain's associations. However, he simply let the twit show her ignorance and hate with little assistance.<br><br>The Obama campaign advisor and the editor from The Nation were clearly upset. I mean emotional after hearing this lunatic.<br><br>I don't know what else to say about Pat Buchannan. The constant comparison to KKK associations is well.....beyond. His new catch phrase, what is it \"afro-racist\"?<br><br><br>I think MSNBC has made a deliberate choice to keep Buchannan. They obviously believe he is good for their network ratings. Perhaps, they believe he balances out Ketih. Any day now he is going to say something so vile ...<br><br>I did notice Chris at the end warning him about \"watching it\"  that his natural \"instincts\" were starting to show. lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_20:53:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Honey01", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3138407, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3128941": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Because, for a Black Republican to start from the ground-up guarantees that he or she isn't the celebrity in the room.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_10:20:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3128537, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3141230": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Elephants & Flowers:  RESPECTFULLY, I would have jumped on the sofa with them!!  Just that ONE time for the \"O\"-MAN!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Now, I'm goin' back ta mindin' my own bu'iness!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-18_00:56:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3139063, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3137651": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He's called him that before.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_19:10:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3137097, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3141239": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "that was the most ignorant, ignorant, crazy, stupid logic. It was like admitting my racism is better than being (alleged) anti-American. <br><br>beating my head against the wall.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-18_00:57:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3137097, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3127416": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah I heard that.  The sad part is Tina Fey probably plays a better her than she does. LOL<br><br>Shame she still won't do any press conferences.  This is a bird's eye view into what it would be like to have her as VP.  Making decisions and not having the common decency to show her face to the public...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_08:40:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3105323, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3141396": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "he meant that J. Wright's \"AFRO\" was racist, it being of the close-cropped kind in diametrically vehement opposition to the true wild fro worn by the luminaries of times past.<br><br>on the real, i'll sorta take afro-racist, not as a statement of fact in this case but rather as a neologism.  If accepted, then we must acknowldedge \"afro\" as a modifier, leading us to the question:  If there is such thing as an \"afro-racist\" then WHO, pray tell, is the plain old everyday racist?  [this one needs no modifier, obviously, as we all know who he is.]    seems patty B has just indicted himself...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-18_01:22:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "hustleandfloe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3137097, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3134074": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "cherisblog:  <i>Where is your blog?</i><br><br>Several answers present themselves:<br><br>1.  BWAHAHAHAHA!  I don't have one! :&gt;)<br><br>2.  I don't know.  I might have misplaced it in my garage.  :&gt;)<br><br>3.  Maybe it's in a closet!  :&gt;)<br><br>4.  Maybe it's in a drawer!  :&gt;)<br><br>5.  Maybe it's behind a door!  :&gt;)<br><br>6.  Well, at least I know WHAT it is.  :&gt;)<br><br>O.K. ENOUGH!  :&gt;)<br><br>Cherisblog:  I didn't even know what the word BLOG meant ~7months ago.  I accidentally found this site.  Then I started using it ERRY DAY!  That's how it happened for me.  :&gt;)<br><br>Soooo, I have NO blog.  SORRY.  :&gt;)<br><br>But I Sooo enjoy meeting errybody here at JJP!  <br><br>Annnnd, I'm  HAPPY CAMPER!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>THE END.   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_15:15:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3133853, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3135680": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Whelan's \"analysis\" is baseless and ill-conceived. With every article I read, I notice that Blacks are not the affirmative action hires, it's white folks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_16:40:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "soulsistah02", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3135528, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133572": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "goldenstar:  Hey!   :&gt;)    YEP!!  Count it!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:43:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127054, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3128968": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/17/palins-staffers-keep-her_n_135551.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/17/palins...</a><br><br>Palin's Staffers Keep Her Away From The News To Avoid Being \"Depressed\"<br><br>A day after The Washington Post's Dana Milbank wrote how the Secret Service is blocking press at Sarah Palin's rallies, it appears Palin's staff is blocking her from listening to the press. Palin revealed that she is in an ever growing media bubble at a fundraiser last night. During the same speech, Palin also attributed polling numbers to God: \"We even saw today, thank the Lord,\" she said, looking upwards and raising her fist, \"We saw some movement.\"<br><br>\"So North Carolina, I appreciate you all so much, who are here who already get it. You know, maybe I'm preaching to the choir a little bit here, but being here encourages me because I know that I'm not alone and I'll send this message back to John McCain also. At those times on the campaign trail when sometimes it's easy to get a little bit discouraged, when, you know, when you happen to turn on the news when your campaign staffers will let you turn on the news,\" she said, prompting laughter from the group. \"Usually they're like 'Oh my gosh, don't watch. You're going to, you know, you're going to get depressed.'\"<br><br><br>She added that while she doesn't always appreciate the way reporters portray the GOP ticket, she's been bolstered by the prayers of many of the campaign's backers.<br><br>\"But yeah, sometimes you do get depressed watching what it is that they're reporting and the spin and some of the distortion of what our message is and what we stand for. Sometimes that, that gets draining,\" she continued. \"But it's at events like these and our rallies that we are so energized and inspired and we know that we are not alone. We feel your strength and we feel the power of prayer, so many of you tell us that you are praying for us and praying for our country and that's why we so appreciate you being here.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_10:22:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3141263": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "pjamma:  She was READING The Gov.'s SPEW  - -er speech!!   :&gt;)<br><br>You could hear that she didn't have one original thought.<br><br>And she's somebody's official REP&gt;???  How embarrassing!!  She's DUMB 2.  <br><br>Don't the Repugs <b>VET anybody??</b>  Just let any old dog in!!<br><br>Whew!  Annoying Deep Breaths!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-18_01:01:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3138407, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3125904": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Thanks for these data!!   Love it!!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_03:37:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3107395, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3135646": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:  Party aside, 1st Amendment granted, etc. , etc., etc.,  -   Did THIS OFFEND you as a Black person?  YES or NO?<br><br>'cause I couldn't read your position through ALL that you wrote.  Unless you didn't think that that was a question.<br><br>Just askin. . . .. <br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_16:39:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3128186, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3105954": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  McAncient = <b>Mr. 101</b>             <br><br>Mr. Obama = <b>Mr. 10 Below!</b>   I'm 2 much!!   :&gt;)   He's 2 much!!    :&gt;)<br><br><br>CUTE!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_01:21:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3105507, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133603": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Teacher:   You got that right!  As I continue to \"Field Trip\" to Alaska, I can feel the anti-The Gov. feelings increasing substantially!!  GOOD!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:45:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3128136, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3141285": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:  WE don't.  BUT, Pablum KuKlansman keeps the RACIST ENVIRONMENT going for his RACIST following!!  He's dangerous for this!!I<br><br>Obviously, I can't tolerate him!!<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-18_01:06:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3139476, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3129000": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Life's great question....and the one that I'm dealing with now.<br><br>If I decide to run somewhere in '10, it will be as an \"independent conservative.\" I can't, in good conscience, align myself with the GOP in what could be a contest against another black man. Not after this year.<br><br>There's a threefold problem with what you're suggesting: <br><br>1. I'm not sure there's enough of us to form a viable organization,<br><br>2. Black Republicans/conservatives are gonna have to deal with the same internal illnesses the rest of the GOP is gonna face,<br><br>3. It's the ultimate catch 22: we'd be disowned by the black community (wait, we are now!!), and we'd lose the weight of the ol' boy network. That would put us <i>completely</i> on our own.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_10:24:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3128537, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133610": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If I were a Black McCain, I'd damn sure make sure to show up at the reading of John's last will & testament.  :)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:45:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3129105, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3136683": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nquest, Mika is a Polish pussy.  She let Joe Sour-bourgh brow beat her into going along with him and Buchklanan.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_17:50:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3134932, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139247": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I see she was on Larry King too. I only turned the channel (watching my girl Rachel) to see her and two other Rethugs in the last couple minutes before the show ended.<br><br>Needless to say, she still had that stupid smile on her face. We will see for how long.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_22:03:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Honey01", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3139069, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3136177": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D:  Thanks.  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_17:19:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3135836, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3129522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Had to mention Gilmore today, didn't you?<br><br>I'm starting to come to that same conclusion, even though I can't tell how<br>much of the nonsupport is because I'm talking about something two years out<br>or because I'm black.<br><br>I'd have to talk to people; probably have to literally go house to house in<br>Hampton Roads and Richmond. Not to mention that I'd have to do it several<br>times, cause the first few would probably be a round of slamming doors.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_10:53:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3129340, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3141299": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "JJai:  Move over!  I watched this MADNESS 2!  YUK!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-18_01:09:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3141239, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3129016": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And endorsement by Powell would be a wonderful revenge on the Bushes for making him look like an ass to the world for that bullshit he read at the UN. It would also be a sign that he is not looking for a career in politics.<br><br>A non-endorsement could mean that he may angle for 2012", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_10:24:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "TariqNelson", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3128198, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3137908": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good, he can take his wacky vocals and stupid ideas and be on Fox. It is on my skip of channels. <br><br>Sorry but he is a tool.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_19:31:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3128056, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3137724": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The GOP is running a campaign to get Barack assassinated.<br><br>That's their goal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_19:15:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133632": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "JJP sent a message out over twitter that their web hosting service was tripping.  I had the same issue too. Hopefully it's fixed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:46:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3132946, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3141321": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "msmartin:  LOL!   Guess we both gonna have ta sit in the \"BAD CHAIR!\"  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-18_01:11:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3141295, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3128013": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "But you know what, GLH? After all the lies, smears, robo-calls, race baiting, inciting, kitchen sink throwing,threats, falsehoods & falsifications & now misuse of government authorities, McCain IS STILL GOING TO LOSE!!!! He is going to have to learn it like Billary.  Don't go away mad, just go away.<br><br>Since we know for a fact that McLoser planted \"Joe\" the nazi skin head wannabe plummer, we can suspect that if there was any voter fraud committed by any ACORN \"member,\" they might be plants too, for the purpose of creating a sandstorm while the repubs continue to try to steal an election they obviously can't win fairly. Investigate that!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_09:33:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3126181, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3127503": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Where are Black Republicans when things like this (and Chicken & Watermelon; assassination jokes, etc.) happen?  Notice how these well-trained Black Repubicans stand mute in the face of racist attacks and caricatures of Black people?<br><br>The racist cowardice that's exhibited in cross-burnings and cartoons, is matched only by that exhibited by the Black (Republican) folk who stand by and do nothing about it.<br><br>You Black righties need to study the words of Reverend Dietrich Bonhoffer (you know: \"<i>First they came for the Catholics, but I wasn't a Catholic ...</i>\")", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_08:49:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127379, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139192": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How do you think her \"performance\" tonight will be received in Minnesota?<br><br>I hope she goes down! Her challenger has already raised $30k since her appearance on Hardball.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_21:57:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Honey01", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3138916, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139288": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did any one see Larry King with Robert Kennedy Jr. and Michael Reagan?  Michelle Bachman and another Obama supporter were on split screen.  They were discussing you guessed it, Ayers.  Robert Kennedy brought up Palin's assosciation with AIP/Successionist.  He flat out asked what about it?, and Larry cut him off and told him they were out of time.......cut to advertisements!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_22:08:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3128537": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You can't walk away in protest, because then you'll realize (or be reminded of) how much you weren't needed in the first place.<br><br><br>If the Republican party thinks that little of black Republicans, why are you there in the first place?<br><br>I'm not saying you should vote Democrat, but stuff like the Obama food stamps and ignoring black Republicans and not supporting black Republican candidates should really tell black Republicans they are not wanted, needed or liked.  Why stay?<br><br>I'd like to see a VIABLE third party.  The problem for me with third parties is they always start at the top (Presidential race).  They never start at the bottom (school board, city council, dogcatcher) and build support from the ground up.  I don't see why black Republicans couldn't start their own party and work from the ground up to make changes in our communities.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_10:12:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3128186, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3134172": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ohhh, I saw you said that you have been blogging and thought you meant aside from at JJP.  <br><br>So then your blog is here, right?  LOL You do have a blog, and I can see it when I put my cursor over your pic.  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_15:20:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3134074, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3105507": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is from Marc Ambinder<br><br>Youtube clips of Heatmiser vs. Snowmiser<br><br>I've been cracking up, watching them<br><br><a href=\"http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/heatmiser_v_snowmiser.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/20...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_00:56:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139666": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That bitch is going down!   Just like Palin, she's known around here as the \"Barbie Doll of 10,000 Lakes.\"   Also, another one who hides behind religion to justify her shenanigans.<br><br>Yes, and I have donated to Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg's campaign too.<br><br>As for her \"no vote\" for the bailout, it was just a smokescreen for all the campaign donations she's recieved from corporate America, firms like can you say Freddie & Fannie?<br><br>MINNESOTA= BLUE=OBAMA/BIDEN 08!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_22:50:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3139192, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3137770": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That is THE American story.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_19:18:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3132802, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133681": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And those \"buddies\" he kept referring to in his interviews are probably part of the same militia.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:49:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3133399, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3136717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So let me try to understand:<br><br>John McCain is hurt by something John Lewis said, and feels it is appropriate to whine about it on national TV during a debate in a time of national economic crisis.<br><br>Sarah Palin's staffers are concerned with keeping her from getting depressed and she feels that this is worth mentioning to the crowd as she campaigns during a time of national economic crisis.<br><br>These people are asking the country to elect them to be leaders in this time, but are so blatantly self-centered that they do this stuff.<br><br>Dear John and Sarah: leadership means it's not all about you. If you don't understand what I mean, observe Senator Obama's approach. That's what a real leader is like. He gets it. <br><br>(Likely Sarah response: GOD and JESUS want us to win! Me me me want want want!)<br><br>(Likely John response: I put country first I was a POW and come from a long line of McCains and that should make you trust me -- my friends, I know how to get things done, I know! me me me want want want)<br><br>Such greedy self-involved nasty people. Blech.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_17:53:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3128968, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3141363": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:   Whooo!  Hooo!  <b>ENDORSEMENT!!</b>THANKS!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-18_01:17:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3139928, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3126005": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  Glenn Beck joins the \"SMEARCASTERS\" at Faux Spews:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.smearcasting.com/?gclid=CI2eqNnjrZYCFRsRagod1WzsLQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.smearcasting.com/?gclid=CI2eqNnjrZYC...</a><br><br><i>Smearcasting documents the public writings and appearances of Islamophobic activists and pundits who intentionally and regularly spread fear, bigotry and misinformation in the media. Offering a fresh look at Islamophobia and its perpetrators in today\u2019s media, it also provides four snapshots, or case studies, describing how Islamophobes manipulate media in order to paint Muslims with a broad, hateful brush. [download full report]</i><br><br><a href=\"http://www.newser.com/story/40156/glenn-beck-jumps-to-fox-news.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newser.com/story/40156/glenn-beck-ju...</a><br><b> Glenn Beck Jumps to Fox News</b><br><br><br><i>(Newser) \u2013 Conservative commentator Glenn Beck, who has gained a sizable following with his nightly show on CNN's Headline News channel, is leaving for Fox News. Beck signed a multi-year deal to host Fox's 5pm weekday program beginning in the spring, Broadcasting & Cable reports. He will also host a weekend show. Beck's CNN show has grown 200% since its launch in 2006, and he also has a popular radio show on Premiere Radio Networks.<br><br>Source Broadcasting & Cable</i><br><br><br>He will be among <b>smarmy/snarky/sarcastic</b>  friends!<br><br>All SSSSSSSnakes in the SAME PIT!!!<br><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!1", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_03:59:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3136759": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign CH, my Dad celebrated his 85th birthday last Sunday, and he said something similar to what your Mother said.  I have been listening to this song all day on my ipod.  As I sign off from cube world, and leave work for today, I'd like to send a shout out to all of JJP Bloggers with some Nina Simone.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCodBBnUYRE\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCodBBnUYRE</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_17:57:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3136394, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3128056": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's about time! He belongs on fake news & so does Elizabeth hasselhoff. Put her out of her misery & send her over there too. They can have a hate-fest & continue to get paid for it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_09:37:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3126005, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139321": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, the love of money is the root of all evil. And I agree that the GOP seems perfectly fine with the notion that if they can't have the country, nobody will.  After watching the reports today of what seems to be an increase in threats of hate crimes against blacks, I am truly disturbed.  <br><br>I saw a comment on here the other day that said before it is all over they will burn an effigy of Obama.  Well guess what they showed on the news today? An effigy...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_22:12:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3138115, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3107066": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, he is a Hata...LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_01:54:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3105550, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3136251": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I really hope the nation sees through this godbot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_17:25:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "5e2b33c435c317e69152caba2b39bad6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3128968, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3138814": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Aaaaaah. I'm not sure about this and would like to have more data.  But the loyalty you describe, as I interpret it, is the type of loyalty where the slave refused to accept freedom after emancipation because s/he loved the massa so deeply and felt  s/he would be better off as an item of property than as a free person. If Colin Powell feels this way, and it's really hard for me to wrap my little mind around the idea that he could, I would totally lose all respect for him forever. Totally. Forever.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_21:11:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3135494, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133830": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "cherisblog:   LOL!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   Which reminds me.  I wish that I could have seen his \"STEEL-TOED BOOTS WITH RED SHOE STRINGS!\"  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_15:01:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3133681, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3141384": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  Guess so  -in his WEE-BRAIN!   <br><br>He is so \"STUCK ON RACISM!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-18_01:20:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3139626, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3105550": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:   \"Mr. President \"on OUR COUNTRY'S flag!   How appropriate!   :&gt;)<br><br>Here's one for y'all:<br><br><a href=\"http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/16/andrew-young-casts-ballot-of-his-dreams-for-obama/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/16/and...</a><br><b>Andrew Young casts ballot of his dreams for Obama</b><br><br><i>Standing in line to cast his ballot for Barack Obama, Andrew Young was told to wait outside until he was called. And for a moment, he froze.<br><br>Years ago, in the Jim Crow South, Young spent his youth teaching blacks how to read and write so they could pass frivolous literacy tests meant to keep them from voting. The innocent instructions of an elections clerk on Thursday set off a flashback.<br><br>\u201cIt almost felt like that was Selma again,\u201d and his days alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the front lines of the struggle for voting and civil rights for black Americans, Young said.<br><br>\u201cWhen you\u2019d go to register in Selma, they\u2019d tell you that you couldn\u2019t come into the courthouse, to stand in line,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd they\u2019d just let you stand outside all day long.\u201d<br><br>For Young, the moment passed quickly this time. As his name was called, Young walked stiffly toward the voting machines, waving and shaking hands with others waiting in line, their eyes twinkling with recognition and pride. As he approached the machine, a poll worker whispered, \u201cWho is that?\u201d<br><br>It\u2019s Andrew Young, he was told. The worker grinned and nodded. \u201cThat\u2019s great,\u201d he said, recognizing the name of the civil rights movement veteran who went on to Congress, the United Nations and the mayor\u2019s office in City Hall.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>\u201cHe\u2019s trying to unite the American people,\u201d Young said. \u201cIt\u2019s strength and vision that I\u2019m looking for. Barack Obama is demonstrating that.\u201d</i><br><br>O.K.  I'm posting this with serious reservations.  This man had been a \"HATA\" from jump!  And  I really don't think that things have changed that much!  BUT, we'll count the VOTE!  That's all.<br><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_01:00:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3129105": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Two McCain Families<br><br>A family of McCains from Teoc, Miss., have an uncommon view of the campaign: they are descended from slaves held by the family of John McCain's great-great-grandfather.<br><br><a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122419511761942501.html?mod=article-outset-box\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122419511761942...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_10:30:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3127059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Is Colin Powel going to endorse Obama?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_07:56:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 18, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3137300": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "...or wear the red shirt and beam down with Kirk, Spock, and Mc Coy,<br>NOTE: If you are a nameless crewman, you won't be beaming back up, laddie.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_18:39:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3135494, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133723": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree. I really think that Colin has had his fill with the dirty game of politics.  Hopefully he has the sense to stay out and keep making rounds in the lecture circuit...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:53:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3129016, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3137825": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Craig, this is not a rhetorical question (truly not)<br><br>What do you feel is the practical use of saying that in public?<br><br>I'm not sure how to process it....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_19:23:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3137724, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3134042": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good People:<br><br>Over the course of the election cycle, I\u2019ve read my share of baseless, disgraceful, ignorant and outright racist criticisms of Barack and Michelle Obama \u2013 from both ends of the political spectrum and everywhere in between. But the article I\u2019ve pasted below, in my humble opinion, dwarfs all of them. It is the vilest 218 words I\u2019ve ever read about the Democratic nominee. <br><br><br>Ed Whelan of the National Review writes:<br><br>Former Fetus Barack Obama  <br>Nearly 48 years ago, a young woman, not yet 18 became pregnant in her freshman year of college.  Living in a time and place in which abortion was generally illegal, she proceeded to marry the father of her child and gave birth to a son.  Perhaps she would have done so irrespective of the abortion laws at the time, even if, say, she lived in a legal culture that celebrated abortion as a fundamental right.  Very possibly not.  (I haven\u2019t found any statistics on the percentage of pregnant college freshmen who abort their pregnancies, but indirect indications suggest that it\u2019s very high.)  <br><br>Barack Obama may actually believe, as he stated yesterday, that Roe v. Wade \u201cwas rightly decided.\u201d  But it may be very lucky for him, as the son born of that woman, that it hadn\u2019t been decided a dozen or so years earlier.<br><br>That Obama may owe his very life to a pre-Roe legal regime that banned abortion is, to be sure, not necessarily a reason that he should favor that regime (though I can\u2019t help noting that Justice Thomas\u2019s critics recklessly accuse him of hypocrisy for opposing racial-preference plans that they say he benefited from).  But it ought to lead Obama and others to think more carefully about the valuable role that protective abortion laws play", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_15:13:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "soulsistah02", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3126053": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   From Newser:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.newser.com/story/40129/gop-intellectuals-jump-macs-ship-leaving-wingnuts.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newser.com/story/40129/gop-intellect...</a><br><b> GOP Intellectuals Jump Mac's Ship, Leaving Wingnuts</b><br><br><i><br><br>(Newser) \u2013 It\u2019s been a fun time for liberals, writes Rosa Brooks in the LA Times. Though initially worried about the boost Sarah Palin gave to John McCain\u2019s polling numbers, Dems were then treated to the defections of some of the GOP\u2019s brightest thinkers. Columnists David Brooks, Charles Krauthammer, and former Bush speechwriter David Frum all backed away from McCain, charging that the Alaska governor was out of her league.<br><br>Then conservative dissatisfaction boiled over\u2014Christopher Hitchens, former National Review editor Wick Allison, and even Christopher Buckley, heir to the conservative legacy of William F., actually endorsed Obama. But wait, these intelligent defectors were the reason Brooks respected, if disagreed with the GOP, and their absence means the party is fully in the grips of \u201crage-driven, xenophobic nuts\u201d\u2014and that\u2019s a scary thought.<br><br>Source Los Angeles Times</i><br><br>Is this similar to <b>RATS JUMPING SHIP!?</b>   Yep!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>And then there were 2   -  McAncient and The Gov.   HAH!    :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_04:12:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3135270": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE EDITORIAL BOARD<br><br>Tribune endorsement: Barack Obama for president<br>The first time it has endorsed a Democrat for President<br><a href=\"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-chicago-tribune-endorsement%2C0%2C1371034.story?track=email-alert-breakingnews\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_16:17:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133737": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "cosign", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:53:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3129228, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3127099": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "According to Democratic Underground, Thom Hartman announced on his show that Joe the Plumber was arrested 3 times for domestic violence.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7474700\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/du...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_08:04:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3126079": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  BOOOO-YAAA!!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.newser.com/story/40023/obama-ad-blitz-stifles-mccain.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newser.com/story/40023/obama-ad-blit...</a><br><b> Obama Ad Blitz Stifles McCain</b><br><br><br><i>(Newser) \u2013 Over the past three weeks, Northern Virginia TV viewers have seen 1,342 commercials from Barack Obama \u2026 and eight from John McCain. Obama is dominating the airwaves, Politico reports, outspending McCain and the Republican National Committee as much as 8-1 in some markets, blunting GOP attacks with a sustained presence. \u201cMcCain is virtually invisible in the commercial breaks,\u201d said one station executive.<br><br>McCain is running almost entirely attack ads, but Obama has been able to match his spending on negative spots, and use his remaining cash for positive ones. \u201cHe\u2019s able to be both the good cop and the bad cop,\u201d said one analyst. Pennsylvania is one state where McCain\u2019s keeping up, with each campaign dropping $16.5 million there since June.<br><br>Source Politico</i><br><br>Is it, finnaly, time to dust off that PRESIDENTIAL SEAL that Mr. Obama used at one of his meetings??   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_04:20:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139392": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Right. Plus, Michael Smerconish can flip, & the Chicago Tribune, who has NEVER endorsed a dem since it was founded in 1847 can flip, but Black repubs can't flip....Friends without benefits.<br><br>Issues.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_22:19:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3128893, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3137863": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You know it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_19:27:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3137770, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3128136": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm sure she'll get to do plenty of them when she gets back to AK in a couple of weeks. She definitely has some 'splaining to do. Looks like she's going to have to rehire that security detail as well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_09:43:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127416, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3105676": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  From HuffPost:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/acorn-fires-back-claims-m_n_135408.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/acorn-...</a><br><b>ACORN Fires Back, Claims McCain Ignored Impending Crisis</b><br><br><i>At this point, any half-aware voter knows that ACORN doesn't refer to \"a single-seeded, thick-walled nut\" (as per the American Heritage dictionary).<br><br>And the McCain campaign is making sure of that by repeatedly amping up the rhetoric linking the group, currently being investigated by the FBI, to Barack Obama.<br><br>(Despite McCain's own past support for the group, as evidenced by his attendance at an ACORN-hosted rally in 2006.)<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Today, the group fired back by releasing a report, \"ACORN vs. McCain: The Real Story of the Financial Crisis 1999 to 2008,\" attacking McCain for his lack of warnings about the impending subprime mortgage crisis last year.<br><br>Austin King, the director of the ACORN Financial Justice Center, writes:<br><br>    In casting blame on ACORN, Senator McCain demonstrated a true misunderstanding of the cause of the financial crisis and in so doing belied the notion that he is qualified to solve it. Indeed, in looking at the totality of their work, the only available conclusion is that ACORN fought with all its might for a decade to prevent this crisis while Senator McCain sat on the sidelines and cheered on the deregulation of the financial services industry that paved the way for the nation's economic collapse.</i><br><br>SKIP<br><br>Comparing the records of both ACORN and Senator John McCain, the only<br>available conclusion is that in the decade leading up to the financial crisis America faces<br>today, ACORN fought with all its might against the predatory lending practices and resulting<br>foreclosures that triggered the crisis, while Senator McCain took no actions to stem the crisis<br>while voting for deregulation.</i><br><br>SMACKDOWN!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_01:10:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3127114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We may find out on Sunday when he appears on MTP.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_08:05:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127059, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3141452": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:  **Spoken with my best British accent**  I think you've got it!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)YUK!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-18_01:32:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3136717, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3136227": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  So co-signing!!  <i>WHY STAY??</i><br><br>Those who stay   -  I feel sorry for the way that they, apparently, think of themselves.   SAD  - but true.<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_17:23:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3128537, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3138390": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Boooyah! Admiral.  \"I've given it all I got captain\" LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_20:23:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3137300, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139641": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I saw that BS....I was like WTF?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_22:48:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3139288, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139928": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Atlanta Journal Constitution endorses Obama<br><a href=\"http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/10/19/prezed_1019.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stor...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_23:24:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3138393": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What do you think would happen if one of Obama's children did this?<br><br><a href=\"http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_piper_palin_finger.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_piper_...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_20:24:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "dcf8f12a33c7941947fdd53f5ff10e73", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133787": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "cherisblog:  Heyyyy!  :&gt;)  THANK YOU!!  :&gt;)  Can't connect YET!  So, I have used alternatives.  I was having a ROYAL FIT because I couldn't get the \"hook-up\" this morning!  Lawd ha'mercy!!  :&gt;)<br><br><b>TWITTER?</b>  HAH!  :&gt;) <br><br>I just addressed this last week.  FYI, I just starting blogging 7 months ago.  I'm \"tech.-challenged!  :&gt;)  I don't know sooo much.:&gt;)<br><br>And then, this term gets presented.  I had a \"Mental-Health Reality Break\" behind it!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>But, I'm O.K. now.  I've just ignored it  - FOR NOW!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>AGAIN, THANK YOU!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:58:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3133632, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3135836": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Offend me? No. I've seen/heard worse.<br><br>But, I would speak against it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_16:51:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3135646, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133278": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is it just me or did the article try to make it seem like the white McCains were \"only doing what other whites were doing at that time\" as a way to exonerate them?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3129105, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3138916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Co-sign, Honey01,  I heard that bitch.   I live here in MInnesota, and I'm am writing an OP ED and sending it to both the Pioneer Press and the Star Tribune.   She's auditioning to play Palin's twin.<br><br>Michelle Bachman is up for relection come Nov. 4, and her opponnet is ahead in the polls.  So, she's struggling to hang on to her seat right now, and of course she has been handed the filty talking points of hate and divisive slime.<br><br>I posted on her last week regarding her blamming  minorities for the shitty meltdown on wall street.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_21:25:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3138658, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3138407": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Michelle Bachmann (R Rep - Minnesota) may be almost as scary as Sarah Palin.  She was on Hardball today going on about Obama's associations, caling him anti-American asking for a media investigation into other members of Congress that may be anti-American and a host of other crap that can't be explained and needs to be viewed to believe her blatant ignorance.  I'm sure it will be up on Huffpo, MSNBC and/or Youtube soon.  The commentators that followed were a mix of shocked and upset at what they witnessed.  Well everyone except Pat.  Oh Pat, I try to tolerate him because he is what he is and he will never change but today he really pissed me off.  And without going any further because it will just piss me off more does anyone here honestly believe that in the course of Pat's life he has never been to a party with an extreme racist, crook or liar?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_20:25:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3126120": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Another one bites OR eats the \"mis-step\" dust!!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.newser.com/story/40144/murtha-backtracks-on-pa-racism-jab.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newser.com/story/40144/murtha-backtr...</a><br><b> Murtha Backtracks on Pa. Racism Jab</b><br><br><br><i>(Newser) \u2013 Rep. John Murtha apologized for saying yesterday that \u201cracist\u201d western Pennsylvanians wouldn\u2019t vote for Barack Obama, CNN reports. \u201cWhile we cannot deny that race is a factor in this election, I believe we've been able to look beyond race these past few months,\u201d the Democrat said today in a statement. <b>\u201cI believe he will win both Pennsylvania and the White House.\u201d</b><br><br>Sources CNN, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i><br><br>Heck!  I didn't have time to post his ORIGINAL statement B4 he turns around the NEXT DAY to do a FAUX -APOLOGY!  <br><br>Whew!  What a rapid CONVERSION!!  :&gt;):&gt;)  He done SEEN DA LIGHT!!  Hallelujer!! :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!   YES WE CAN!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMenB9Ywh2Q\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMenB9Ywh2Q</a><br>Another one bites the dust- Queen", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_04:32:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here are some of the most racist Obama cartoons<br><a href=\"http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/most-racist-obama-cartoons/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/most-raci...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:28:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "BarackMarley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3135343": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/17/elisabeth-hasselbeck-diss_n_135593.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/17/elisab...</a><br><br>Elisabeth Hasselcrack:  Don't compare me to Ann Coulter!!!<br><br><br>Town:  Why not?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_16:21:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3135860": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's the plan: listen for the first year.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_16:53:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3134970, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139445": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "neither am i.     :-/", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_22:24:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3137825, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139476": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Pat Buchanan is like Mr. Wilson on Dennis the Menace. He's harmless now. They keep him around like that crazy mean old great uncle that your mama made you go visit to take him a carry-out plate from Piccadilly. Every once in a while he says something endearing in between all the batshit crazy rhetoric. I think that's why Rachel actually calls him \"Uncle Pat\"..that's exactly what he is in her eyes.<br>Does anyone still take Pat Buchanan seriously?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_22:29:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3138658, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3128186": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Things like this kick in the self-preservation gene. If you call someone on this, you're either drummed out, or you get the non-apology, or you're given something to placate you until you forget what happened (or until the next incident). You can't walk away in protest, because then you'll realize (or be reminded of) how much you weren't needed in the first place.<br><br>But, eventually (hopefully) you wake up one day and realize how f'd up it all is. And you snap, damage to your credibility within the organization be dammed.<br><br>Now, you might see one person come out and make the requsite \"that's f'd up\" statement for all black conservatives/Republicans. But it has to be someone awfully damn credible (a Powell, Rice, Michael Steele) for it to be taken seriously. And God help the black conservative/Republican who tries to defend this (off subject: thanks to whoever stole my screename )....James Harris, anyone? I'll check that out and get back to you.<br><br>True, freedom of speech does include the freedom to say something I don't like. But it also gives me the freedom to tell you I don't like it. Some black Republicans/conservatives check that freedom at the door as the price of admission.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_09:46:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127503, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3132802": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>The black McCains of today were raised to believe that they were blood relatives of the white McCains, dating back to slavery times. White McCains say they're unaware of any biological connection between the families. A spokesman for Sen. McCain declined to comment.</i><br><br>Now <b>that's</b> an American story.  The Black side raised to believe <i>the truth</i> and the white side claiming to be \"unaware of any biological connection between the families.\"</i>  <br><br>I hope the Black McCain's star in Henry Louis Gates next PBS special and participate in DNA tests!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:02:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3129105, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3128198": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "A meaningful Colin Powell endorsement of Obama will require Powell to pointedly acknowledge the real shortcomings and blunders of the administration that he worked for.  As much as I want to believe he'd do so (and to some extent he has), I'm not very optimistic that he will go that hard or that far. <br><br>I'm expecting more of a 'non-endorsement endorsement' similar to the one Condoleeza Rice gave, where she said that the country would be in good hands under an Obama presidency (or a McCain one, as she mentioned both).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_09:47:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127878, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3136394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://craighickman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-80-year-old-mother-just-called.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">My 80-Year-Old Mother Just Called</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_17:35:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3129228": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Powell can't run in 2012, unless Obama is a complete, utter failure (for you liberals, read: worse than Bush).<br><br>And even with that, the GOP wouldn't put him up. Not ready for a black candidate yet.<br><br>I think he really wants to just be left alone.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_10:36:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3129016, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3138115": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I do have something to say about Robert Bauer's letter to Mukasey.<br><br>It was really well written, in that, someone like me could understand it. *lol*<br><br>However, I feel on a broader note, the only way to fight against the Republicans and MSM on this topic is to carry a bigger stick. They want to yell false accusations of voter fraud, we yell VOTER SUPPRESSION, louder<br><br>Because that is exactly what this is. They have done it in the past and plan to do it by purging the rolls (which has already begun).<br><br>The Republican's are playing with fire ... literally. And I truly believe 100% that they would rather see our country burn to the ground than lose their power. Power for them equals MONEY ... and money is the root of most evil.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_19:52:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133332": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here's the Obama and McCain Roast (Alfred E. Smith)<br><a href=\"http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/mccain-and-obama-got-jokes-roast/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/mccain...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:31:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "BarackMarley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3107221": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Letterman was on point", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_02:00:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3106291, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3135385": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I posted this in the other thread, but figured I'd 'spread the wealth'...<br><br><a href=\"http://thepage.time.com/mccain-speech-in-miami/ rel=\"nofollow\">McCain calls Obama's tax plan 'welfare'</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_16:24:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133853": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, I was going into JJP withdrawal too! I just got on twitter a couple of weeks ago, and I am now totally addicted to it. You should sign up...<br><br>Where is your blog? I'd love to pop in for a visit.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_15:02:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3133787, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3107742": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From DailyKos:<br><br><i>ND-Pres: Another poll shows Obama lead <br>by kos <br>Thu Oct 16, 2008 at 12:20:09 PM PDT<br><br>DFM Research for the North Dakota United Transportation Union. 10/13-14. Adults. MoE 4.4% (No trend lines)<br><br>McCain (R) 41 <br>Obama (D) 44 <br><br><br><br>Two quick points -- there's no need for a voter registration screen in North Dakota because the state does not have any voter registration. Anyone over the age of 18 can vote as long as they've lived in their precinct for 30 days. So a poll of \"adults\" is equivalent to a poll of \"registered voters\". But that's all it is, there were no \"likely voter\" screens applied.<br><br>We've got a poll in the field right now, so hopefully we can be the third poll in a row showing a neck-and-neck (or better) race in the state.<br></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_02:16:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133861": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  <i>I don't know, the \"endorsement\" seems too late in coming. Maybe if he had endorsed during the Rev. Wright saga or around the time of the DNC, but an endorsement now just seems like bandwagon jumping, just like when Edwards finally endorsed Obama after seeing twhich way the wind was blowing.</i><br><br>MAJOR CO-SIGN!!  That's all.   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_15:03:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3128906, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133255": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here's the video of Letterman asking McCain about Liddy<br><a href=\"http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/letterman-questions-mccain-on-gordon-liddy/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/letter...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:26:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "BarackMarley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3135921": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  WHY NOT?  LOL!!  She just doesn't want a twin.  Competition!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_16:58:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3135343, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139506": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well.....in fairness to Liz....I can see why she'd be upset with the comparison.....Ann Coulter is a dude.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_22:32:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3135343, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3135411": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "About Powell's chance to be his own man...I would agree with that if Powell had endorsed Obama earlier.<br><br>But now...I don't care who Powell endorses.<br><br>Obama, McCain, Puff The Magic Dragon...whatever.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_16:26:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3128254, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3134366": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RIGHT HERE   -JJP RULES!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_15:28:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3134172, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3128254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Disagree with you.<br><br>This is Powell's chance-after thirty-odd years of carrying out the orders he didn't like-to be his own man.<br><br>He'll endorse Obama, and then tell the world to leave him in peace (read: no job in the administration).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_09:51:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127878, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3140683": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_23:34:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3139626, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3134927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "preach", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_15:54:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127769, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133688": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Drew:   Hey!   :&gt;)   Visited your article.  Strange how THIS information gets to the MSM and the McAncient-Iseman CONNECTION is \"passed over\".  RACISTS!!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:50:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3133444, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3125923": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "roschelle:  Letterman did not even let him get settled into his chair B4 he <b>FIRED UP his grill!!</b>   That was fun watching McAncient squirm!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Good get!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_03:41:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3106291, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3134932": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "One morning Mika said outright that she was for McCain.  And you know Joe Scar-o is party loyal.  Get them together with Pat Buchanan and they have a good time pushing the party line.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_15:55:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nquest", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127769, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3133399": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sepia:  Just from the texture of his skin [I've worked with many of them], he looks like he \"sips a bit\" also.  That matches the \"domestic violence\" actions.<br><br>Annnnnd, if I cared, his educational/employment history would be very telling.<br><br>BUT    -  I don't!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_14:34:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127099, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3127769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm tellin' y'all, the media is going to carry McCain's water bigtime over the next couple of weeks.<br><br>Look no further than Morning Joe.  Man, I really can't stand that show.  A day after McCain compares Obama to bin Laden, conducts a dishonest and deplorable robo-call campaign . . . a day after the GOP makes a racist \"Obama Bucks\" food stamp smear .  . . <br><br>all good ole' Joe and Mika can talk about is how swell a guy McCain is because he told a couple of jokes at the Al Smith dinner last night.  <br><br>Every time McCain smears Obama or links him to terrorists, the media treats just shrugs its shoulders and says, \"well, campaigns are tough.\"  Every time Palin incites her crowds to violent rhetoric, Mika is the FIRST person to say how much she admires her fighting spirit.  But John Lewis calls the McCain camp on it's dangerous rhetoric and they spend their entire show demanding that Obama reject and denounce.<br><br>This stuff is NOT cute.<br><br>It's not the bias that gets me.  It's the fact that MSNBC allows Morning Joe to masquerade as an objective morning show.  Pat Buchanan, Joe Scarborough and Mika B. is not an objective morning show.  There's NO WAY MSNBC or any other network would allow Keith O. or Rachel Maddow to host a 3 hour morning show.  That's a big deal.  The morning shows shape the media cycle.  Since they're assumed to be neutral, reporters book appearences on these shows to advertise their newspapers.<br><br>It's not a time for political analysis. . . mornings should be a time for straight facts.  Tell us the news and move on.  People multitask in the morning . . . they're getting ready for work, getting they're kids ready for school.  They don't have the time to debunk the bias they hear on Morning Joe. <br><br>So when they put a happy face on the hate-speech coming from the GOP . . .  when they call McCain the happy warrior and ignore his smear tactics . . . surprise, they push a skewed view of the campaign.  All in the name of \"fair\" journalism.  What a joke.<br><br>No surprise that Joe share's his morning narrative with the Drudge report and this stupid \"shock\" poll coming out of Gallup.  This \"shocking\" poll shows a dead-heat, two point race between Obama and McCain.<br><br>What Joe doesn't tell you is that he cherry-picked this poll.  In fact, Gallup has two other polls that give Obama a slightly narrower, but still significant 6 point lead.  Even more, the poll Joe used is Gallup's \"Traditional\" poll of likely voters, which is not the poll they've been using in this race.<br><br><a href=\"http://538.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">538.com</a> lays it out, here:<br><i>Slow news day, Matt? If this is a two-point race right now, I'll eat Drudge's fedora. None of the dozen or so other polls that were in the field this week shows a race that close. Nor do either of the alternate versions of Gallup's model, including the so-called Likely Voters II model that I find most credible. (Drudge, of course, had no interest in featuring the Zogby poll, as he had for the past several of days on his site, but which today showed Obama gaining ground.)<br><br>Let me be clear: I don't blame Drudge for trying to drive the narrative. Unlike certain other folks, it's not as though he's made any claim to being objective. With real news -- which polls aren't -- he generally has excellent and entertaining instincts.<br><br>I do, however, blame those of who allow yourselves to have your day ruined when Drudge moonlights as some kind of polling analyst.</i><br><br>Morning Joe and the rest of the msm will try to shape this election to benefit their ratings.  They will descredit polls that show a sizeable Obama lead and overemphasize polls that show a close horse race.  They will supplement these cherry-picked polls with media narratives that focus on why \"Obama can't close the deal,\" . . .  \"Is Obama complacent?\" . . . and \"McCain is the comeback kid.\"<br><br>Joe had the nerve to act like this \"shocking poll\" was the direct result of McCain's debate performance when he knows damn well that the tracking polls don't include Thursday's response to Wednesday's debate.  Again, he is shaping the media cycle.<br><br>Joe starts ranting about ACORN.  Funny, I didn't hear Joe say a damn thing about the thousands of voters that are being purged from the voting rolls as we speak.  I didn't hear him talk about the GOP efforts to suppress the vote in swing states.  But he'll talk about ACORN . . . and blame the \"liberal\" media while doing it.<br><br>And this is supposed to be a fair and balanced morning show?  Give me a break.<br><br>Sorry for the rant.  But it's clear to me that the media wants a close race for ratings purposes.  In fact, I get the feeling that shows like morning joe would love to see Obama lose a close race.  That way they get their Republican in the White House, but still get the chance to pat themselves on the back for covering Obama's historic campaign.<br><br>Let's hope the media shapes up and does its job.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_09:15:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3135962": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "soulsistah02:   CO-SIGNING!!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_17:00:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3135680, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3126181": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  Conyers weighs in on ACORN probe by FBI:<br><br><a href=\"http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/conyers_on_fbiacorn_probe.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/...</a><br><b>Conyers On FBI ACORN Probe</b><br><br><i>Below is a letter sent by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), chair of the House judiciary committee, to Attorney General Michael Mukasey and FBI director Robert Mueller, in reaction to the news that the FBI has launched an investigation into ACORN in connection with its voter-registration activities.<br><br><b>In raising questions about DOJ's motives, Conyers makes the obvious link to the U.S. attorneys scandal, in which several U.S. attorneys were fired for not pursuing voter fraud cases with sufficient aggressiveness. And he makes the point that John McCain had raised the ACORN issue in last night's debate.</b><br><br>Here's the letter:<br><br><i>Dear Mr. Attorney General and Director Mueller:<br><br><b>It is with shock and disappointment that I read today's Associated Press report that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened and leaked an investigation into whether ACORN, a longstanding and well regarded organization that fights for the poor and working class, is involved in nationwide voter fraud.</b> <br><br>SKIP  A LOT:<br><br> <b>Accordingly, I condemn the leak of this sensitive information and remind you both of your and your agencies' obligations to handle election-related matters in an appropriate and non-political matter as the election season proceeds.</b>In addition, please let me know no later than Thursday, October 23, 2008, if the release of information and all other actions taken regarding this investigation are consistent with the US Attorneys Manual and the Election Crimes Manual and, if not, what action has been taken in response. Please direct your response to the Judiciary Committee Office at XXXXXXXX (tel: XXXXXXXXXX, fax: XXXXXXXXXX).<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>John Conyers, Jr.<br><br>Chairman</i><br><br>O.K. McAncient/The Gov. are DIRTY SOB's!!  They are STR8 involved in this!  IMHO!<br><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_04:52:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3127783": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Colin Powell Is Ready To Endorse<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-odonnell/colin-powell-is-ready-to_b_134777.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-odonnell...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_09:16:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127059, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3106285": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  McAncient's Vile Ro-Bo Calls:<br><br><a href=\"http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/obama_campaign_hammers_mccain.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a><br><b>Obama Campaign Hammers McCain Robocalls As \"Dishonorable And Dishonest\"</b><br><br><i>The Obama campaign is hitting back at McCain over the two McCain robocalls we've reported on here today and yesterday, one  saying that Obama put \"Hollywood above America,\" and the other  saying that Obama and Dems \"aren't who you think they are.\"<br><br>Asked for comment on the calls, Obama spokesperson Tommy Vietor sends over this statement:<br><br>    \"John McCain's campaign has admitted that the economy is a losing issue for them, so he's chosen to launch dishonorable and dishonest attacks like this. John McCain can't defend the fact that he's voted with George Bush's disastrous policies 90% of the time and will continue the same Bush-McCain economic policies American families can't afford.\"<br><br>Not a single reader has reported any Obama robocalls.<br><br>By contrast, we have unconfirmed reader reports that the \"Hollywood above America\" call has reached seven states -- North Carolina, Missouri, Wisconsin, Colorado, Pennsylvania. Minnesota, Virginia, and Ohio. That suggests a major campaign is underway. More as we learn it.</i><br><br>_ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _<br><br>I have received these call.  I have not picked up my telephone because I didn't recognize the number.  These call did NOT leave a message and they are coming from distant AREA CODES!<br><br>PLEASE BE ALERT to this DESPICABLE CAMPAIGN technique!!<br><br>And he smiled in Mr. Obama's face tonight!  SSSSSSSSSSSSnake!!!  Do NOT TRUST!!<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVC2j_Kdw8c\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVC2j_Kdw8c</a><br><b>BACK STABBERS   - The O'Jays</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_01:33:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3106291": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My New Hero...David Letterman <a href=\"http://roschellenelson.blogspot.com/2008/10/david-letterman-grills-john-mccain.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">grills</a> John McCain on the Late Show!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_01:34:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "roschelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "On a happy note, my 8 yr old son (Black) is having a sleepover with two of his classmates.  One white (Irish) and one white? (Cuban&Irish).  They walked in as I was watching Hardball and one of his young guests said, \"I like Obama.  I'm voting for Obama.\"  Then, they all started to loudly chant \"OBAMA!\" - marching around the room and on the furniture.<br><br>I should have hurt them for standing on the sofa. But, I was too happy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_21:41:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "1a35274513047c4e9711c6feb4609dac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3134970": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think if you went door to door, people would remember it and appreciate it.  I remember when Donald McEachin was running to be my delegate, and he walked from door to door asking for people's vote.  The white guy he was running against (this was a majority black district --East Richmond) said he wasn't going to go into the neighborhoods because they were \"too dangerous.\"  Then why you tryna be the delegate from that district?  Then after he got called out for that he said he was going to spend the night with a black family \"to see how they live.\"  Bitch, we live the same as you, in a HOUSE, paying the bills, etc.  Needless to say he lost.<br><br>And before you say \"well of course he was going to lose, he's a white guy,\" the guy representing that district today is white.  Still a majority black district.<br><br>Point is, people appreciate it when you reach out to them instead of reaching over them.  Try talking to people (and starting now), just to really talk to them and find out what their concerns are.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_15:57:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3129522, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3127803": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's like they are in serious denial about some of the core activities going on in the party.  This is so sad. It's like we've turned the clock back 50 years.  What's next, lynchings, police dogs and water hoses, intimidation at the voting booths?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_09:18:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3127503, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3129340": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But the ol' boy network isn't applying its' weight to you now.  I guarantee, if you run as a black Republican in '10, the Virginia Republican party will pay about as much as attention as they are paying to Jim Gilmore -- zilch, nada, zero.<br><br>I think many more black people than not have a lot of the same conservative values as black Republicans.  But they'll never vote Republican because the Republican Party does not like black people.  The Republican Party doesn't even like the black people IN the Republican Party.<br><br>Start out small, like with a school board or board of supervisors.  A black man with a funny name is NOT supposed to be 19 days away from possibly being elected the next leader of the United States.  Yes He Can and Yes You Can.   If black conservatives actually talked TO black people instead of talking AT or talking DOWN to black people, you'd get more headway.  James T. Harris \"might\" have a good message but nobody is going to be receptive to it when they're being told by him that they're sheep, simple, don't think and not as good a Negro as he is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_10:42:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3129000, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3139069": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "DUMP MICHELE BACHMAN  You can view this hussy on Hardball today.<br><br><a href=\"http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_21:42:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3138407, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "5887672", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 8806673573876329928}, "thread": {"total_posts": 0, "paginate": false, "per_page": 0, "slug": "friday_open_thread_62", "num_pages": 1, "days_alive": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 5887672, "num_posts": 149, "closed": false, "queued": false, "killed": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

if(typeof DsqLocal == 'undefined') {
	DsqLocal = {};
}



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
	this.ADD_NEW_COMMENT = "Add New Comment";
	this.LOG_INTO_DISQUS = "Log into DISQUS";
	this.USE_MEDIA = "Use Media";
	this.LOGOUT = "Logout";
	this.SHARING_OPTIONS = "Sharing options";
	this.SHARE_ON = "Share on";
	this.TWEET_THIS_COMMENT = "Tweet this comment";
	this.SHARE_ON_NEWSFEED = "Share on news feed";
	this.SEND_UPDATE_TO_YAHOO = "Send update to Yahoo!";
	this.REBLOG_ON = "Reblog on";
	this.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = "Configure options";
	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
	this.NEWEST_FIRST = "Newest first";
	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
  this.MODERATE_OPTIONS = "Moderate Options";

  // Thread moderator actions
  this.CLOSE_THREAD = "Close thread";
  this.OPEN_THREAD = "Open thread";
  this.REMOVE_THREAD = "Remove thread";
  this.RESTORE_THREAD = "Restore thread";
  this.ACTIONS = "Actions";
};
// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
	this.LOGGED_IN_AS = function(username) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logged in as %(username)s', {username:username});
	};

	this.LOGOUT_FROM = function(disqus) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logout from %(disqus)s', {disqus:disqus});
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL = function(total, num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comment", {num:num, total:total});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comments", {num:num, total:total});
		}
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION = function(num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comment", {num:num});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comments", {num:num});
		}
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s comment'
				: '%(num)s comments'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_LIKES = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s like'
				: '%(num)s likes'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_POINTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s point'
				: '%(num)s points'
			), {num:num});
	};
};
// Dsq.FmtStrings





Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN = '3a1994e3330279e78957da82fb64f754';
Dsq.COMMENTS_RE = /(<li.*?id="?dsq-comment-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/li>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_RE = /(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-header-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/div>)\s*(<div.*?class="?dsq-comment-body"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_BODY_RE = /\s*(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-message-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE = /&lt;!--\[(.*?)\]--(?:>|&gt;)/gim;



var FragmentPacket = function(reader, writer, writer_url, is_child, receiveCallback) {
	var that = this;
	this.reader = reader;
	this.writer = writer;
	this.writer_url = writer_url;

	this.is_child = is_child || false;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

	this.READY		= 0x1;
	this.WRITING	= 0x2;
	this.FIN		= 0x4;
	this.ACK		= 0x8;

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;
	var listener = function() {
		that.recv();
	};
	return window.setInterval(listener, 10);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

FragmentPacket.prototype.recv = function() {
	var hash;
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

		var hashIndex = this.reader.location.href.indexOf('#');
		if (hashIndex == -1) {
			return;
		}
		hash = this.reader.location.href.substring(hashIndex+1);
	}
	var flags = parseInt(hash.substring(0, 4), 10);
	var seqno = parseInt(hash.substring(4, 24), 10);
	var data  = hash.substring(24);

	if (this._lastHash !== hash) {
		this._lastHash = hash;
		this.log('recv: ' + hash);

		this.log(' flags: ' + flags);
		this.log(' seqno: ' + seqno + ' len: ' + hash.substring(4, 24).length + ' (' + hash.substring(4, 24) + ')');
		this.log(' data: ' + data + ' len: ' + data.length);

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

		if (flags & this.WRITING) {
			this._accumMsg += data;
			this.sendFlag(this.ACK, seqno);
			if (flags & this.FIN) {
				this.log('recv finished: ' + decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));
				this.receiveCallback(decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));

				this._accumMsg = '';

				this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
			}
		}
	}

	return {
		flags: flags,
		seqno: seqno,
		data: data
	};
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendRawPacket = function(packet) {
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
		this.writer.name = packet;
	} else {

		this.writer.location.href = this.writer_url + '#' + packet;
	}

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendFlag = function(flag, seqno) {
	this.sendRawPacket(this._zerofill(flag, 4) + this._zerofill(seqno, 20));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {
	this._send(0, encodeURIComponent(msg));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._send = function(packetNum, msg) {
	var that = this;
	var recvBuf = this.recv();

	if (packetNum === 0) {

		if (!(recvBuf.flags & this.READY)) {
			this.log('client is not ready, waiting...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		}
	} else {

		if (!( (recvBuf.flags & this.ACK) && (recvBuf.seqno === this._lastSeqno) )) {
			this.log('waiting for ack from client...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		} else {
			this.log('received ack: ' + this._lastSeqno + ' ' + recvBuf.seqno);
		}
	}

	var flags = this.WRITING;
	var num_packets = Math.ceil(msg.length / this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	this.log('num_packets: ' + num_packets);

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

		this.log('message successfully sent!');
		this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
		return true;
	}

	this._lastSeqno++;

	if (packetNum == num_packets-1) {
		flags |= this.FIN;
	}

	var data = msg.substring(packetNum * this.MAX_DATA_LEN, (packetNum+1) * this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	var packet = this._zerofill(flags, 4) + this._zerofill(this._lastSeqno, 20) + data;

	this.log('sending raw packet: ' + packet);
	this.sendRawPacket(packet);

	return this._send(packetNum + 1, msg);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._zerofill = function(num, width) {
	var retval = num.toString();
	var retval_len = retval.length;
	for (var i = 0; i < width - retval_len; i++) {
		retval = '0' + retval;
	}
	return retval;
};

var PostMessagePacket = function(receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId) {
	var that = this;
	this.receiver = receiver;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;
	this.id = id;


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;

	var listener = function(e) {

		if (!that.id) {
			that.id = e.data;
			return;
		}


		var id = e.data.split(';')[0];
		if (id !== that.id) {
			return;
		}
		var data = e.data.substring(e.data.indexOf(';') + 1);

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

	if (typeof window.attachEvent == 'function') {
		window.attachEvent('onmessage', listener);
	} else if (typeof window.addEventListener == 'function') {
		window.addEventListener('message', listener, false);
	} else {
		throw new Error('No method found to create event listener for PostMessagePacket.');
	}
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



	var needs_reget = false;
	try {
		if (typeof this.receiver.id == 'undefined' || typeof this.receiver.postMessage == 'undefined') {
			needs_reget = true;
		}
	} catch(e) {


	}
	if (needs_reget && typeof this.receiverId != 'undefined') {
		this.receiver = document.getElementById(this.receiverId).contentWindow;
	}

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

		packet = this.id;
	} else {
		packet = this.id + ';' + msg;
	}
	this.receiver.postMessage(packet, '*');
};

PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = null;
PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id = function() {
	var id = (new Date()).getTime();
	if (id == PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id) {
		id++;
	}
	PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = id;
	return id.toString();
};

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

	this.objectToJSON = function(obj) {
		var json = '';
		var results = [];

		if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
			return 'null';
		}

		switch (obj.constructor) {
			case Object:
				for (var property in obj) {
					if (obj.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
						results.push(this.objectToJSON(property) + ': ' + this.objectToJSON(obj[property]));
					}
				}
				json = '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
				break;
			case Array:
				for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
					results.push(this.objectToJSON(obj[i]));
				}
				json = '[' + results.join(', ') + ']';
				break;
			case Number:
			case Boolean:
				json = obj.toString();
				break;
			case String:

				var specialChars = {'\b': '\\b', '\t': '\\t', '\n': '\\n', '\f': '\\f', '\r': '\\r', '\\': '\\\\'};

				json = obj.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/g, function(match) {
					var ch = specialChars[match];
					return ch ? ch : '\\u00' + match.charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
				});

				json = '"' + json.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
				break;
			default:

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

	this.createHandler = function(send_func, registered_funcs) {
		var that = this;
		var handler = function(message) {

			try {
				var rpc = eval('(' + message + ')');
			} catch(e) {
				alert('bad JSON: ' + message);
				return;
			}
			if (rpc.method) {

				if (!registered_funcs[rpc.method]) {
					return;
				}

				var retval = registered_funcs[rpc.method].apply(null, rpc.params);
				if (rpc.id) {
					var response = {
						result: retval,
						error: null,	// TODO
						id: rpc.id
					};
					send_func(that.objectToJSON(response));
				}
			} else if(rpc.result) {

				if (!that.ids[rpc.id]) {
					return;
				}

				that.ids[rpc.id](rpc.result);
				delete that.ids[rpc.id];
			}
		};
		return handler;
	};

	this.execute = function(send_func, method, params, response_callback) {
		response_callback = response_callback || null;
		var id = (response_callback) ? (new Date()).getTime() : null;

		var request = {
			method: method,
			params: params,
			id: id
		};

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

		if (id) {
			this.ids[id] = response_callback;
		}
	};
};
JsonRpc = new JsonRpc();

var ParentMessenger = function(childUrl, receiverUrl, container, receiveCallback) {


	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') >= 0 && parseInt(navigator.userAgent.substring(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Version/') + 8), 10) == 3) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	} else if (window.opera) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}



	if (!receiverUrl &&
		navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') >= 0 &&
		parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.slice(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 3, navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 6)) < 1.9) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}


	if (/msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {


		if (document.domain == window.location.hostname) {
			receiverUrl = '';
		}
	}

	var that = this;
	this.childUrl = childUrl;
	this.receiverUrl = receiverUrl;
	this.container = container || document.body;

	this.packetHandler = null;


	this._ready = false;
	this._error = false;


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

		that.receiver = document.createElement('iframe');
		that.receiver.src = receiverUrl;
		that.receiver.id = 'receiver_' + (new Date()).getTime();
		that.receiver.name = that.receiver.id;

		that.receiver.frameBorder = '0';
		that.receiver.frameSpacing = '0';
		that.receiver.style.borderStyle = 'none';

		var receiver_onload = function() {
			var receiver = document.getElementById(that.receiver.id).contentWindow;

			try {
				receiver.document.body.innerHTML = '';
			} catch(e) {

				that._error = true;
			}
			receiver.document.body.style.padding = '0px';
			receiver.document.body.style.margin = '0px';

			var child = receiver.document.createElement('iframe');
			child.id = 'child';
			child.name = 'child';
			child.src = that.childUrl;

			child.frameBorder = '0';
			child.frameSpacing = '0';
			child.style.borderStyle = 'none';
			child.style.width = '100%';
			child.style.height = '100%';
			receiver.document.body.appendChild(child);

			that.child = receiver.document.getElementById('child').contentWindow;
			that.receiver = receiver;

			that.packetHandler = new FragmentPacket(that.receiver, that.child, that.childUrl, false, receiveCallback);

			that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();

			that.packetHandler.sendFlag(that.packetHandler.READY, 0);

			that._ready = true;
		};

		that.receiver.onreadystatechange = function() {
			if (this.readyState == 'complete') {
				receiver_onload();
			}
		};

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







		if (Dsq.Utils.ie) {
			if (that.container.clientWidth === 0) {

				var _waitForWidth = function() {
					if (that.container.clientWidth > 0) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					} else {
						window.setTimeout(_waitForWidth, 100);
					}
				};
				_waitForWidth();

				that._once = false;
				that.receiver.onresize = function() {
					if (!that._once) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					}
					that._once = true;
				};
			}
		}

		that.container.appendChild(that.receiver);
	};


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

			that.packetHandler.send();
			that._ready = true;
		};

		var id = PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id();
		var receiverId = 'child_' + id;


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

		that.container.innerHTML += '<iframe ' +
			'src="' + childUrl + '" ' +
			'id="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'name="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'onload="ParentMessenger._receiver_onload_' + receiverId +'();" ' +
			'></iframe>';

		that.receiver = document.getElementById(receiverId).contentWindow;
		that.packetHandler = new PostMessagePacket(that.receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId);
		that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();
	};

	if (typeof window.postMessage == 'function') {
		_createReceiverForPostMessage();
	} else {
		_createReceiverForFragmentPacket();
	}

};

ParentMessenger.prototype.sendMessage = function(message) {
	var that = this;
	if (!this._ready) {

		window.setTimeout(function() { that.sendMessage(message); }, 10);
		return;
	}
	this.packetHandler.send(message);
	return true;
};

Dsq.NewFrames = function(url) {
	this.url = url;
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype.init = function(onFailure) {
	var that = this;

	try {
		this.messenger = new ParentMessenger(this.url, Dsq.jsonData.integration.receiver_url, this.container, this.receive_callback);
	} catch(e) {
		if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
			onFailure();
		}
	}

	if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
		var iId = window.setInterval(function() {
			if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				return;
			}
			if (that.messenger._ready) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
			} else if (that.messenger._error) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				onFailure();
			}
		}, 10);
	}
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype._execute = function(method, args, callback) {
	var that = this;
	if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
		return false;
	}
	JsonRpc.execute(
		function(msg) { that.messenger.sendMessage(msg); },
		method,
		args || [],
		callback);
	return true;
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame = function(container, parent_post_id) {
	var that = this;
	this.container = container;
	this.parent_post_id = parent_post_id;

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

		Dsq.Debug.log('Dsq.ReplyFrame.sendFunc');
		that.messenger.sendMessage(msg);
	};


	var postComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		Dsq.jsonData.posts[response.message.id] = response.message.post_meta;
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key]) {
			Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key] = response.message.user_meta;
		}


		var reply_position = (typeof(disqus_insert_wrt_sort) == 'undefined' 
			? (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reply_position ? -1 : null) 
			: (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? null : -1));
		
		if (response.message.post_meta.approved) {
			Dsq.Post.insert(response.message.post_meta.parent_post_id || reply_position, response.message.id, response.message.post_meta.message);
		}

		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var postComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(response.message, 'Error');
		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onFailure(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var editComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);
		
		message.innerHTML = response.message;
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
	
	var editComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('Sorry, there was an error editing this comment.', 'Edit Error');
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	var getUserByEmail_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var msg = response.message;
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(parent_post_id);

		if (msg.username) {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'login', {
				'username': msg.username,
				'display_name': msg.display_name,
				'avatar_url': msg.avatar_url,
				'verified': msg.verified,
				'email': fields.email.value
			});
		} else {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'register');
		}
	};

	var validateAuth_onSuccess = function(response, auth_choice) {
		Dsq.Templates.postComment(parent_post_id, null, true, auth_choice);
	};

	var validateAuth_onFailure = function(response, auth_choice) {
		var pid = parent_post_id ? '-' + parent_post_id : '';
		var msg = response.message;

		if (auth_choice == 'register') {
			var fields = ['email', 'username', 'password'];

			for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
				var field = fields[i];
				var errorDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-' + field + '-errors' + pid);

				if (msg[field]) {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = msg[field];
				} else {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = '';
				}
			}
		} else if (auth_choice == 'login') {
			Dsq.$('dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid).innerHTML = '<p>We couldn\'t log you in. Please verify your login.</p>';
		}
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.receive_callback = JsonRpc.createHandler(sendFunc, {
		'postComment.onSuccess': postComment_onSuccess,
		'postComment.onFailure': postComment_onFailure,
		'editComment.onSuccess': editComment_onSuccess,
		'editComment.onFailure': editComment_onFailure,		
		'getUserByEmail.onSuccess': getUserByEmail_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onSuccess': validateAuth_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onFailure': validateAuth_onFailure,
		'reload': function() { window.location.reload(); }
	});

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=friday_open_thread_62' +
		'&ff=' + Dsq.Thread.ff +
		'&default_text=' + disqus_default_text +
		'&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
	if (this.parent_post_id) {
		this.url += '&parent_post=' + this.parent_post_id;
	}
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype = new Dsq.NewFrames(Dsq.ReplyFrame.url);

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.post = function(author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe) {
	this._execute('postComment', [author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.edit = function(post_id, message) {
	this._execute('editComment', [post_id, message]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.setState = function(parent_post_id, depth) {
	this._execute('setState', [parent_post_id, depth]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.getUserByEmail = function(email) {
	this._execute('getUserByEmail', [email]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.validateAuth = function(auth_choice, email, username, password) {
	this._execute('validateAuth', [auth_choice, email, username, password]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.authenticateFacebook = function(session, forum_url) {
	this._execute('authenticateFacebook', [session, forum_url]);
};

	Dsq.Facebook = function() {
	var that = this;

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		var forum_url = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;




		if (typeof disqus_facebook_forum != 'undefined') {
			forum_url = disqus_facebook_forum;
		}
		Dsq.frames.reply_0.authenticateFacebook(session, forum_url);
	};

	var onLogin = function() {
		FB.Connect.getSignedPublicSessionData(handleSessionData);
	};

	this.login = function() {
		FB.Connect.requireSession(onLogin, true);
	};
};
Dsq.Facebook = new Dsq.Facebook();


	






Dsq.Themes = {};

Dsq.Themes.narcissus = new function() {
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-form-area';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-textarea-wrapper';



	
	this.header = function() {
		var comments_count, total_posts, num_posts;
		var html = '';
		var missing_perm_tmpl;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.missing_perm) {
			missing_perm_tmpl = Dsq.Templates.missingPermissions();
			if (missing_perm_tmpl) {
				html += '<div class="dsq-missing-permissions">' + missing_perm_tmpl + '</div>';
			}
		}

		total_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.total_posts;
		num_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_posts;

		if (total_posts) {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL(total_posts, num_posts);
		} else {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION(num_posts);
		}

		html += ' \
		<div id="dsq-comments-title"> \
			<h3>' + comments_count + '</h3> \
		</div> \
		';

		html += ' \
		<div class="dsq-options"> \
			<span class="dsq-item-sort">'
				+ Dsq.Strings.SORT_BY + ' \
				<select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);"> \
					<option value="hot" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 4 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.POPULAR_NOW + '</option> \
					<option value="best" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 3 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.BEST_RATING + '</option> \
					<option value="newest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.NEWEST_FIRST + '</option> \
					<option value="oldest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 1 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.OLDEST_FIRST + '</option> \
				</select> \
				&nbsp; \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<span id="dsq-subscribe">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.subscribed
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.UNSUBSCRIBE + '</a>'
						: '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL + '</a>')
				+ '</span> \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-rss" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png" alt="" /> \
				<a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/friday_open_thread_62/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		
		

		return html;

	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html += Dsq.Templates.postBox();

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" id="dsq-realtime-alert" class="dsq-realtime-alert"><span id="dsq-realtime-queued"></span> <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-show"></a></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showThreadSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showModeratorActions(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>';
		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled && Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a>';
		}
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post) {
			return '';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '') 
								+ Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username 
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'like' : 'likes') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<form action="." method="GET" onsubmit="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false); return false;"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe"> \
								<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.chooseSubscribe(' + post_id + '); return false" class="dsq-subscribe-menu"><span id="dsq-subscribe-select' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL : Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS) + '</span> <small>&#9660;</small></a> \
								<ul class="dsq-panel" id="dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid + '"> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(2, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Subscribe to all comments by email</a></li> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(0, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Do not subscribe to comments</a></li> \
								</ul> \
								<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="hidden" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post + '" /> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
				</form> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '> \
					<button class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.SHARING_OPTIONS + ' <small>&#9660;</small></span></button> \
					<div class="dsq-panel"> '
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '"'
								  + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Twitter</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook
								&& (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.enabled === true ||
										(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'facebook'))
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Facebook</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Yahoo!</label> \
								</div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Tumblr</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Wordpress</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Movable Type</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
								  <label for="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' TypePad</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '</a></div>'
					+ '</div> \
				</div>'
				+ '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' '
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					: Dsq.Strings.GUEST)
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-append-post-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
					<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
					? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
					: '')
				+ '</a> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">in reply to ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		<td id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-comment-header-likes">'
		+ (_meta.points
			? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		return html;
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		return html;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};



	
	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : 'UberVU') + '</a>'
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';

			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					if (num_retweets == 1) {
						item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
					} else {
						item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');
						item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
						var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 3) ? 3 : num_retweets;
						item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);
						if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
							item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
								+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
						}
					}
				}
			}	
			item += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>' 
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		menu.style.display = menu.style.display == 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
		
	};
	
	this.setSubscribe = function(value, el, post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var input = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid);
		var select = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-select' + pid);
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		select.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
		input.value = value;
		this.chooseSubscribe(post_id);
	};
	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> Just a moment...';
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).value);
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + message.innerHTML + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};
	
	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'friday_open_thread_62'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};
	
	
	this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {


		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
			}
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
				+ '?post_id='    + id
				+ '&vote='        + vote);
		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login('To rate, please log in');
		}
	};

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {

		Dsq.$('dsq-like-pts-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.';

		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;';
		}
	};




	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {
		var approved = response.message.post_meta.approved;

		if (parent_post_id) {
			Dsq.Post.toggleReply(parent_post_id);
		}

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
		
		if (approved) {
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		} else {			
			var unapproved_msg = 'Thanks for posting!\
	 Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.\
			';
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(unapproved_msg, 'Comment awaiting approval', post_id);
		}

		var sharing_results = response.message.sharing_results;
		var sharing_errors = '';
		for (var service in sharing_results) {
			if (sharing_results.hasOwnProperty(service) === true) {
				if (sharing_results[service].error === true) {
					sharing_errors += service + ', ';
				}
			}
		}

		if (sharing_results.facebook && sharing_results.facebook.callback) {
			FB.ensureInit(function() {
				FB.Connect.streamPublish('', sharing_results.facebook.attachment);
			});
		}

		if (sharing_errors !== '') {
			var message = 'Your comment was posted, but there were errors sharing with the following connections: ';
			message += sharing_errors.replace(/,\s$/, '');
			message += '<p><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections" target="_blank">Configure your connections here</a></p>'
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sharing options');
		}

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.postComment_onFailure = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
};




// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_post = Dsq.Templates.prependPost(post_id);
	var append_post = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(post_id);

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/friday_open_thread_62/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		Dsq.Utils.createCookie(name,"",-1);
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			return parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(text) { return '<span><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered
		if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
			Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		}

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may select one to log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 <span id="dsq-num-posts">149</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/friday_open_thread_62/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/friday_open_thread_62/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 <p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:5887672" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p>\
	 </div>\
		';

		

		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
					<strong>This message will automatically go away in one week.</strong> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.authPost();
		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
	 <button class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/friday_open_thread_62/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		return html;
	}

	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
			+ 'via <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : 'UberVU') + '</a>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
				} else {
					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
					item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);

					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
							+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
					}
				}
				item += '</div>';
			}
		}

		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '	<p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:5887672" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p> \n';
	};

	//
	// Post
	//

	this.prependPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="comment-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-comment-reply-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-header-avatar" id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
				<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
				? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '</a>'
			+ '</div> \
		';
	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];

		return ''
			+ (_meta.author_is_moderator
				? '<img class="dsq-mod-star" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/bullet-star.png" title="Moderator" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"> \
				<a id="dsq-time-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-time" href="#comment-' + post_id + '" title="Permalink">' + _meta.date + '</a> \
			</span>';
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		return '';
	}

	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Deprecate flagging conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		return ''
			+ (_meta.edited
				? '<p class="dsq-editedtxt">(Edited by a moderator)</p>'
				: '')
			;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Use media should be conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
							 \
								 \
									<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You must log into an account in order to comment on Jack and Jill Politics" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Required:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:5887672" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/twitter-signin-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</a> \
								 \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Iframes
	//

	this._makeAttributes = function(attributes) {
		// Makes a tag attributes string out of an object.
		// Caller is responsible for making sure nothing needs to be escaped.
		var result = [];
		for (key in attributes) {
			result.push(' ' + key + '="' + attributes[key] + '"');
		}
		result = result.join('');
		return result;
	};

	this._frameGeneric = function(base_url, params, attributes) {
		if(typeof(disqus_callback_params) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'jackandjillpolitics',
			't'				: 'friday_open_thread_62',
			// Do we need encodeURIComponent here?
			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
		};

		base_url += '?' + (new Date()).getTime();
		// Add params to default_params.
		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
			'<iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0"',
			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
			'</iframe>'].join('');
	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
			'def_email'		: disqus_def_email,
			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
		};
		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, {'class': 'dsq-post-edit', 'name': 'dsq-edit_' + post_id + '-frame'});
	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
	+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/friday_open_thread_62/post_report/', {'post_id': id});
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Thank you. This comment has been flagged for moderator attention.', 'Successfully flagged');
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$('dsq-post-report-' + id));
		} else {
			var title = Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT;
			var message = Dsq.Strings.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR + '? \
			<br /><br /> \
			<button onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + id + ', true);"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.YES + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT + '</button><br /><br />'
			+ Dsq.Strings.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION + '. \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, id);
		}
	};



	this.showAlert = function(id, msg) {
		var msgEl = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id);
		var alert = '<div class="dsq-comment-alert">' + msg + '</div>';

		msgEl.innerHTML = alert + msgEl.innerHTML;
	};

};
// Dsq.Post


/**
 * Dsq.Thread
 */
Dsq.Thread = new function() {
	this.fc = null;
	this.ff = null;
	this.ac = null;

	
	this.adminIsOn = false;

	
	
	

	this.hlComment = null;
	this.hlCommentClass = null;

	this.getNextComment = function(el) {
		var start_id = el.id;
		while(el = el.nextSibling) {
			if(el.id && el.id.indexOf('dsq-comment-') != -1 && el.id != start_id) {
				return el;
			}
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.getActiveCommentId = function() {
		if (document.URL.indexOf('#comment-') >= 0) {
			var anchor = document.URL.slice(document.URL.indexOf('#') + 1);
			return anchor.replace('comment-', '');
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.highlightAnchor = function() {
		var i = this.getActiveCommentId();
		if (i == null) return false;
		var id = 'dsq-comment-' + i;
		var hash = window.location.hash;

		// Toggle the hash incase the comment isn't available when the page loads
		// for WebKit-based browsers.
		if (Dsq.Utils.webkit) {
			window.location.hash = '';
			window.location.hash = hash;
		}

		this.hlComment = Dsq.$(id);
		// Adding this conditional guard pending #289
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlCommentClass = this.hlComment.className;
		this.hlComment.className += ' dsq-hl-anchor';

		setTimeout("Dsq.Thread.highlightClear()", 3000);
	};

	this.highlightClear = function() {
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlComment.className = this.hlCommentClass;
	};

	this.login = function(toggle) {
		// toggle id is #dsq-reply-login-[id]
		var postId;
		if(toggle.id.indexOf('dsq-reply-login') != -1) {
			postId = toggle.id.slice(16);
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + postId);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(toggle) {
			if(toggle.className == 'dsq-login-active') {
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(container, postId);
				toggle.className = '';
			} else {
				Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
				toggle.className = 'dsq-login-active';
			}
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
		}

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};


	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked, per_page) {
		// Use extra_params to pass any override parameters that we need to persist.
		var extra_params = '';

		// "Per page" can either be overriden by providing it as an argument
		// (per-call) or setting the disqus_per_page override variable (global).
		if(typeof per_page == 'undefined') {
			per_page = null;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined' && per_page === null) {
			per_page = disqus_per_page;
		}

		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}
		if(per_page !== null) {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + per_page;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			el_clicked.style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'friday_open_thread_62'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};

	this.sortBy = function(sort) {
		var disqus_script = document.createElement('script');
		var disqus_date = new Date();

		if (location.hash != '') {
			location.hash = '#disqus_thread';
		}

		if(typeof(disqus_url) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_url = disqus_href;
		}
		disqus_script.type = 'text/javascript';
		disqus_script.src = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'friday_open_thread_62'
			+ '&sort='	+ sort
			+ '&title='
			+ '&'		+ disqus_date.getTime();

		Dsq.$('dsq-comments').innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif">';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(disqus_script);
	};

	this.subscribe = function(status, email) {
		// `status` is an int -- 1 to subscribe, 0 to unsubscribe
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || email) {
			// If authenticated user OR anonymous email provided

			if(email) {
				Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
			}

			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'friday_open_thread_62'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

  this.showModeratorActions = function() {
      if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
          return;
      }

      var html = '<div class="dsq-moderate-options"><table><tr>' +
                 '<td>' + Dsq.Strings.ACTIONS + '</td><td><ul>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleClosed(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.closed ? Dsq.Strings.OPEN_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.CLOSE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleKilled(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.killed ? Dsq.Strings.RESTORE_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.REMOVE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '</ul></td></tr></table></div>' +
              '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate-threads/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
      Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, Dsq.Strings.MODERATE_OPTIONS);
  };

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		  var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		  var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		  Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		  status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		  window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};

  this.toggleClosed = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/toggle_thread_closed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };

  this.toggleKilled = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/toggle_thread_killed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };
};
// Dsq.Thread

Dsq.Events = function() {
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/5887672/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

	this.update = function(timestamp, posts, users) {
		ongoing_request = false;
		last_checked = timestamp;

		if (users) {
			for (var user_id in users) {
				if (users.hasOwnProperty(user_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id] = users[user_id];
					}
				}
			}
		}

		if (posts) {
			for (var post_id in posts) {
				if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] = posts[post_id];
						new_posts.push(post_id);
					}
				}
			}

			if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				insertNewPosts();
			} else {
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
		}
	};

}();

// DEPRECATED
Dsq.Iframes = function() {
	// Different style of object from the above. Hoping to switch to this for some reason.
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var showIframeInContainer = function(container, id, markup) {
		// Look through container for iframes, hiding them, except show one that matches id
		// If none of them matched id, create a new iframe using markup and insert it.
		// Returns the iframe node if and only if it was newly created.
		var found = false;
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				if (child.id == id) {
					child.style.display = 'block';
					found = true;
				} else {
					child.style.display = 'none';
				}
			}
		}
		if (found) {
			return;
		}
		// The iframe wasn't found, so construct it and add it to the container.
		// Don't use innerHTML because it might reload iframes
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		div.innerHTML = markup;
		var iframe = div.childNodes[0];
		div.removeChild(iframe);
		container.appendChild(iframe);
		return iframe;
	};

	// Public
	obj.makeReplyIframeId = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var id = 'dsq-post-add-iframe';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			id += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			id += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return id;
	};
	obj.makeLoginIframeId = function(opt_postId) {
		if (!opt_postId) {
			return 'dsq-login-iframe';
		}
		return 'dsq-login-iframe-' + opt_postId;
	};
	obj.makeReplyIframeName = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var name = 'dsq-reply-frame';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			name += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			name += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return name;
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId, opt_extraParams, opt_className) {
		// Construct the id so we can check if it's already present.
		// Hide any other iframes we find, and show this one if it's found.
		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeId(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var attributes = {
			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
			};
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameReply(opt_postId, opt_extraParams, attributes);
		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
		// It was newly created
		if (iframe) {
			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
			});
		}
	};
	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeLoginIframeId(opt_postId);
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: id});
		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed = function(container, opt_postId) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
		} else {
			obj.hideAllInContainer(container);
		}
	};
	obj.hideAllInContainer = function(container) {
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				child.style.display = 'none';
			}
		}
	};

	return obj;
}();

Dsq.Twitter = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._twitterWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/twitter/begin/', 'twitterWindow', popupParams);
		that._twitterInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeTwitterConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeTwitterConnect = function() {
		if (that._twitterWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._twitterInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Yahoo = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startYahooConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._yahooWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/yahoo/begin/', 'yahooWindow', popupParams);
		that._yahooInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeYahooConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeYahooConnect = function() {
		if (that._yahooWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._yahooInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.OpenID = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.requestURL = function() {
		var message = '<table class="dsq-openid-form"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="2"><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/openid-icon-100x100.png" /></td>';
		message += '<td><label for="dsq-openid-url">OpenID URL:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-url" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td><label for="dsq-openid-username">Display name:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-username" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td class="dsq-openid-submit" colspan="3"><input type="button" value="Sign in" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.startConnect();" /></td></tr>';
		message += "</table>";

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sign in using OpenID');
	};

	this.startConnect = function() {
		var isblank = function(str) {
			return /^\s*$/.test(str);
		};

		var openid_url = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-url').value;
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-username').value;

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=500';
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/openid/begin/' + '?url=' + encodeURIComponent(openid_url) + '&username=' + encodeURIComponent(username);
		that._openidWindow = window.open(url, 'openidWindow', popupParams);
		that._openidInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeConnect = function() {
		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Reaction = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.hide = function(id) {
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/hidereaction.js?' + 'reaction_id=' + id);
	};

	this.reportMissingReactions = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			return;
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.queued) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Your report has been received. The system will automatically search for new reactions; if any are found, they will be displayed on this comment thread.<br/><br/>Thank&nbsp;you.',
												 'Reported missing reactions');
			return;
		}

		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/forums/jackandjillpolitics/queueurl.js');
	};
};

Dsq.CNN = function() {
	var obj = {};

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl(url, {'target': document.location}, true);
	};

	return obj;
}();


if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
	(function() {
		DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE = /<div class="dsq-header-avatar"(.*?)>/gim;
		Dsq.Templates.registerFilter('postPrependHeader', function(html, post_id) {
			// Add "onmouseout" for dsq-header-avatar for dropProfile
			// functionality since IE6 cannot use :hover.
			function _headerAvatarReplace(content, inner, _unused, html) {
				return '<div class="dsq-header-avatar" '
					+ inner
					+ ' onmouseout="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')">';
			}
			html = html.replace(DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE, _headerAvatarReplace);
			return html;
		});
	})();
}





	// TODO: Move Seesmic code outside of the main script.  Don't let this script clobber the global namespace.
	if(typeof seesmic == 'undefined') { var seesmic = {}; }
	seesmic.widget = new function () {
		this.callback = function (data) {
			playerVersion = data.disqusplayer;
		};
	};

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://seesmic.com/version.js?callback=seesmic.widget.callback');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://media.disqus.com/javascript/library/swfobject.js');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	function see_play_video(_videoUri, _add) {
		var swf = !!playerVersion ? playerVersion : 'http://seesmic.com/embeds/StandalonePlayer.swf';

		flashcontentDiv = Dsq.$(_videoUri + '_content');
		previewDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_preview');
		hideDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_hide');
		showDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_show');
		if(_add) {
			// push flash widget
			var so = new SWFObject(swf, 'sotester', '300', '270', '9', '#000000');
			so.addVariable('video', _videoUri);
			so.addParam('allowFullScreen', 'true');
			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
			so.write(_videoUri + '_content');

			previewDiv.style.display = 'none';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'block';
			showDiv.style.display = 'none';
		}
		else {
			flashcontentDiv.innerHTML = '';
			previewDiv.style.display = 'block';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'none';
			showDiv.style.display = 'block';
		}
	};





(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Themes[theme]) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Templates[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Post) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Post[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
	}

	//
	// Register templates.  This must be done after all themes are loaded.
	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('pagination', Dsq.Templates.pagination);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postComment_onSuccess', Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess);

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3127059">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3127059" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3127059" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3127059">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3127059" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3127059" class="dsq-comment-message">Is Colin Powel going to endorse Obama?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3127114">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3127114" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3127114" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3127114">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3127114" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3127114" class="dsq-comment-message">We may find out on Sunday when he appears on MTP.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3127362">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3127362" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3127362" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3127362" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3127362" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3127362" class="dsq-comment-message">I think he will...  Colin has been shown to have good sense  Hell he had the good sense to leave the Bush Administration.  I think this makes him feel less obligated to tow the party line.  I guess we\'ll see...</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3127783">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3127783" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3127783" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3127783">nickwah22</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3127783" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3127783" class="dsq-comment-message">Colin Powell Is Ready To Endorse<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-odonnell/colin-powell-is-ready-to_b_134777.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-odonnell...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3127878">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3127878" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3127878" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3127878">Teacher</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3127878" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3127878" class="dsq-comment-message">Ms. Martin, we have 19 days until O becomes President of the United States of America and leader of the free world. Let that sink in for a minute and fill you with excitement and contentment. <br><br>Those who are endorsing now are just jumping on the bandwagon of the winning team, IMO, like Bill Clinton. If they endorse or don\'t endorse, no one cares. If Powell backs McLiar, it might give a minute of solace & justification to Black repubs who insist on going down with the ship.  Other than this, no one really cares one way or another.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3128198">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3128198" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3128198" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3128198">Nate_Wesley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3128198" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3128198" class="dsq-comment-message">A meaningful Colin Powell endorsement of Obama will require Powell to pointedly acknowledge the real shortcomings and blunders of the administration that he worked for.  As much as I want to believe he\'d do so (and to some extent he has), I\'m not very optimistic that he will go that hard or that far. <br><br>I\'m expecting more of a \'non-endorsement endorsement\' similar to the one Condoleeza Rice gave, where she said that the country would be in good hands under an Obama presidency (or a McCain one, as she mentioned both).</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3129016">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3129016" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3129016" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3129016" href="http://www.tariqnelson.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">TariqNelson</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3129016" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3129016" class="dsq-comment-message">And endorsement by Powell would be a wonderful revenge on the Bushes for making him look like an ass to the world for that bullshit he read at the UN. It would also be a sign that he is not looking for a career in politics.<br><br>A non-endorsement could mean that he may angle for 2012</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3129228">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3129228" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3129228" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3129228" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3129228" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3129228" class="dsq-comment-message">Powell can\'t run in 2012, unless Obama is a complete, utter failure (for you liberals, read: worse than Bush).<br><br>And even with that, the GOP wouldn\'t put him up. Not ready for a black candidate yet.<br><br>I think he really wants to just be left alone.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3133737" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133737" class="dsq-comment-message">cosign</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3135494">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3135494" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-signing.  If I were to say one thing for Colin Powell, it would be that he\'s very loyal to the Bush Admistration in which he served.  He had to have known there were no WMD before he went before the U.N.  <br><br>His type of loyalty reminds me of  some of the mosst overused  Star Trek episode plots.  A member of the crew must decide between their loyalty to the captain or.......</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3137300" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3137300">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3137300" class="dsq-comment-message">...or wear the red shirt and beam down with Kirk, Spock, and Mc Coy,<br>NOTE: If you are a nameless crewman, you won\'t be beaming back up, laddie.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3138390" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3138390">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3138390" class="dsq-comment-message">Boooyah! Admiral.  "I\'ve given it all I got captain" LOL!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3138814" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3138814">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3138814" class="dsq-comment-message">Aaaaaah. I\'m not sure about this and would like to have more data.  But the loyalty you describe, as I interpret it, is the type of loyalty where the slave refused to accept freedom after emancipation because s/he loved the massa so deeply and felt  s/he would be better off as an item of property than as a free person. If Colin Powell feels this way, and it\'s really hard for me to wrap my little mind around the idea that he could, I would totally lose all respect for him forever. Totally. Forever.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3139162" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3139162">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139162" class="dsq-comment-message">If Obama has a week of Honeymoon, I\'ll be shocked. Joe & Mika are already paying people to think up clever,snarky oneliners that would be insulting, demoralizing and would simultaneously errode any confidence that the viewer might have. Here\'s Joe: "What\'s Obama waiting for? See we told you he was all talk and you, the american voter, didn\'t believe us. Now, look at what you strapped us with for the next 4 years. It\'s going to be a long 4 years."<br><br>The REAL deal is that the country is in the toilet. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PULL OURSELVES OUT AND IT\'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVER NIGHT. The National Treasury and banks have all been raided and the cupboard is bare. The robber barons paid themselves extra for getting rid of you neighbor\'s job. The stockmarket is tanking. Costs are going up for basic necessities. If you have to pick between food & car insurance, what are you going to pick? Yet, if you happen to get stopped by the police without the insurance, you will be criminalized. If a tornado or hurricane knocks you house down & your insurance company says they can\'t pay, you\'re shit out of luck.  The country is so financially leveraged, that it is actually a national security risk. If you see O in Saudi Arabia holding hands with Sheik Muhammad, you know he\'s begging for more time to pay the note. Ditto with China.  I\'m not trying to make folks depressed, but he picked a very challenging time to want to be POTUS.  Bush left our country in a "NOLA after Katrina" state. If I didn\'t like him (O) so much, I\'d think he was a fool. We have to support him & his good ideas as best we can, and remind people who made the mess. Times might get hard, and Obama will be the easy target.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3133723" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3133723" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133723" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree. I really think that Colin has had his fill with the dirty game of politics.  Hopefully he has the sense to stay out and keep making rounds in the lecture circuit...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3128254" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3128254" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3128254" class="dsq-comment-message">Disagree with you.<br><br>This is Powell\'s chance-after thirty-odd years of carrying out the orders he didn\'t like-to be his own man.<br><br>He\'ll endorse Obama, and then tell the world to leave him in peace (read: no job in the administration).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3135411" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3135411">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3135411" class="dsq-comment-message">About Powell\'s chance to be his own man...I would agree with that if Powell had endorsed Obama earlier.<br><br>But now...I don\'t care who Powell endorses.<br><br>Obama, McCain, Puff The Magic Dragon...whatever.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3128906">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3128906" class="dsq-comment-message">Why is Colin Powell\'s endorsement so important?<br><br><br>Fox News is already saying that because Powell was dancing with rappers that it means he\'s ready to endorse Obama.<br><br>Translation: Of course Colin Powell is going to endorse Obama because he\'s black.<br><br>I think the white undecideds & conservatives will just see Powell endorsing Obama because he\'s black.<br><br>Progressive/liberals will just see Powell endorsing Obama to jump on the bandwagon.<br><br>I don\'t know, the "endorsement" seems too late in coming.  Maybe if he had endorsed during the Rev. Wright saga or around the time of the DNC, but an endorsement now just seems like bandwagon jumping, just like when Edwards finally endorsed Obama after seeing twhich way the wind was blowing.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3133861">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133861" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  <i>I don\'t know, the "endorsement" seems too late in coming. Maybe if he had endorsed during the Rev. Wright saga or around the time of the DNC, but an endorsement now just seems like bandwagon jumping, just like when Edwards finally endorsed Obama after seeing twhich way the wind was blowing.</i><br><br>MAJOR CO-SIGN!!  That\'s all.   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3107395">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3107395" class="dsq-comment-message">Another excellent diary from the road at <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com" rel="nofollow">fivethirtyeight.com</a><br><br>This one is about Ohio<br><br><a href="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/on-road-marietta-ohio.html#comments" rel="nofollow">http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/on-road-...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3125904">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3125904" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Thanks for these data!!   Love it!!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3127378" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3127378" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3127378" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3127378" class="dsq-comment-message">co-sign</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3105323" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3105323">iamnotstarjones</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3105323" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin is going to be on SNL...can\'t do a press conference though!<br><br><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/10/palin-mccain.html" rel="nofollow">http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3109433" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3109433" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3109433" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin, put Hollywood over America</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3127416" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3127416" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah I heard that.  The sad part is Tina Fey probably plays a better her than she does. LOL<br><br>Shame she still won\'t do any press conferences.  This is a bird\'s eye view into what it would be like to have her as VP.  Making decisions and not having the common decency to show her face to the public...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3128136" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3128136">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3128136" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m sure she\'ll get to do plenty of them when she gets back to AK in a couple of weeks. She definitely has some \'splaining to do. Looks like she\'s going to have to rehire that security detail as well.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3133603">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133603" class="dsq-comment-message">Teacher:   You got that right!  As I continue to "Field Trip" to Alaska, I can feel the anti-The Gov. feelings increasing substantially!!  GOOD!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3105507">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3105507" class="dsq-comment-message">This is from Marc Ambinder<br><br>Youtube clips of Heatmiser vs. Snowmiser<br><br>I\'ve been cracking up, watching them<br><br><a href="http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/heatmiser_v_snowmiser.php" rel="nofollow">http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/20...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3105954" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3105954">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3105954" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  McAncient = <b>Mr. 101</b>             <br><br>Mr. Obama = <b>Mr. 10 Below!</b>   I\'m 2 much!!   :&gt;)   He\'s 2 much!!    :&gt;)<br><br><br>CUTE!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3105550" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3105550">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3105550" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   "Mr. President "on OUR COUNTRY\'S flag!   How appropriate!   :&gt;)<br><br>Here\'s one for y\'all:<br><br><a href="http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/16/andrew-young-casts-ballot-of-his-dreams-for-obama/" rel="nofollow">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/16/and...</a><br><b>Andrew Young casts ballot of his dreams for Obama</b><br><br><i>Standing in line to cast his ballot for Barack Obama, Andrew Young was told to wait outside until he was called. And for a moment, he froze.<br><br>Years ago, in the Jim Crow South, Young spent his youth teaching blacks how to read and write so they could pass frivolous literacy tests meant to keep them from voting. The innocent instructions of an elections clerk on Thursday set off a flashback.<br><br>“It almost felt like that was Selma again,” and his days alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the front lines of the struggle for voting and civil rights for black Americans, Young said.<br><br>“When you’d go to register in Selma, they’d tell you that you couldn’t come into the courthouse, to stand in line,” he said. “And they’d just let you stand outside all day long.”<br><br>For Young, the moment passed quickly this time. As his name was called, Young walked stiffly toward the voting machines, waving and shaking hands with others waiting in line, their eyes twinkling with recognition and pride. As he approached the machine, a poll worker whispered, “Who is that?”<br><br>It’s Andrew Young, he was told. The worker grinned and nodded. “That’s great,” he said, recognizing the name of the civil rights movement veteran who went on to Congress, the United Nations and the mayor’s office in City Hall.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>“He’s trying to unite the American people,” Young said. “It’s strength and vision that I’m looking for. Barack Obama is demonstrating that.”</i><br><br>O.K.  I\'m posting this with serious reservations.  This man had been a "HATA" from jump!  And  I really don\'t think that things have changed that much!  BUT, we\'ll count the VOTE!  That\'s all.<br><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3107066">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3107066" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, he is a Hata...LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3127054">goldenstar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3127054" class="dsq-comment-message">Ha, ha, ha and I\'ll take that vote!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3133572">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133572" class="dsq-comment-message">goldenstar:  Hey!   :&gt;)    YEP!!  Count it!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3105676" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3105676" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3105676">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3105676" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  From HuffPost:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/acorn-fires-back-claims-m_n_135408.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/acorn-...</a><br><b>ACORN Fires Back, Claims McCain Ignored Impending Crisis</b><br><br><i>At this point, any half-aware voter knows that ACORN doesn\'t refer to "a single-seeded, thick-walled nut" (as per the American Heritage dictionary).<br><br>And the McCain campaign is making sure of that by repeatedly amping up the rhetoric linking the group, currently being investigated by the FBI, to Barack Obama.<br><br>(Despite McCain\'s own past support for the group, as evidenced by his attendance at an ACORN-hosted rally in 2006.)<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Today, the group fired back by releasing a report, "ACORN vs. McCain: The Real Story of the Financial Crisis 1999 to 2008," attacking McCain for his lack of warnings about the impending subprime mortgage crisis last year.<br><br>Austin King, the director of the ACORN Financial Justice Center, writes:<br><br>    In casting blame on ACORN, Senator McCain demonstrated a true misunderstanding of the cause of the financial crisis and in so doing belied the notion that he is qualified to solve it. Indeed, in looking at the totality of their work, the only available conclusion is that ACORN fought with all its might for a decade to prevent this crisis while Senator McCain sat on the sidelines and cheered on the deregulation of the financial services industry that paved the way for the nation\'s economic collapse.</i><br><br>SKIP<br><br>Comparing the records of both ACORN and Senator John McCain, the only<br>available conclusion is that in the decade leading up to the financial crisis America faces<br>today, ACORN fought with all its might against the predatory lending practices and resulting<br>foreclosures that triggered the crisis, while Senator McCain took no actions to stem the crisis<br>while voting for deregulation.</i><br><br>SMACKDOWN!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3106285">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3106285" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  McAncient\'s Vile Ro-Bo Calls:<br><br><a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/obama_campaign_hammers_mccain.php" rel="nofollow">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a><br><b>Obama Campaign Hammers McCain Robocalls As "Dishonorable And Dishonest"</b><br><br><i>The Obama campaign is hitting back at McCain over the two McCain robocalls we\'ve reported on here today and yesterday, one  saying that Obama put "Hollywood above America," and the other  saying that Obama and Dems "aren\'t who you think they are."<br><br>Asked for comment on the calls, Obama spokesperson Tommy Vietor sends over this statement:<br><br>    "John McCain\'s campaign has admitted that the economy is a losing issue for them, so he\'s chosen to launch dishonorable and dishonest attacks like this. John McCain can\'t defend the fact that he\'s voted with George Bush\'s disastrous policies 90% of the time and will continue the same Bush-McCain economic policies American families can\'t afford."<br><br>Not a single reader has reported any Obama robocalls.<br><br>By contrast, we have unconfirmed reader reports that the "Hollywood above America" call has reached seven states -- North Carolina, Missouri, Wisconsin, Colorado, Pennsylvania. Minnesota, Virginia, and Ohio. That suggests a major campaign is underway. More as we learn it.</i><br><br>_ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _<br><br>I have received these call.  I have not picked up my telephone because I didn\'t recognize the number.  These call did NOT leave a message and they are coming from distant AREA CODES!<br><br>PLEASE BE ALERT to this DESPICABLE CAMPAIGN technique!!<br><br>And he smiled in Mr. Obama\'s face tonight!  SSSSSSSSSSSSnake!!!  Do NOT TRUST!!<br><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVC2j_Kdw8c" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVC2j_Kdw8c</a><br><b>BACK STABBERS   - The O\'Jays</b></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3106291" href="http://www.inconsequentiallogic.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">roschelle</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3106291" class="dsq-comment-message">My New Hero...David Letterman <a href="http://roschellenelson.blogspot.com/2008/10/david-letterman-grills-john-mccain.html" rel="nofollow">grills</a> John McCain on the Late Show!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3107221">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3107221" class="dsq-comment-message">Letterman was on point</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3125923">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3125923" class="dsq-comment-message">roschelle:  Letterman did not even let him get settled into his chair B4 he <b>FIRED UP his grill!!</b>   That was fun watching McAncient squirm!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Good get!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3107512">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3107512" class="dsq-comment-message">Another report from <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com" rel="nofollow">fivethirtyeight.com</a><br><br>This one is about <a href="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/on-road-morgantown-west-by-god-virginia.html" rel="nofollow">West Virginia</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3107742">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3107742" class="dsq-comment-message">From DailyKos:<br><br><i>ND-Pres: Another poll shows Obama lead <br>by kos <br>Thu Oct 16, 2008 at 12:20:09 PM PDT<br><br>DFM Research for the North Dakota United Transportation Union. 10/13-14. Adults. MoE 4.4% (No trend lines)<br><br>McCain (R) 41 <br>Obama (D) 44 <br><br><br><br>Two quick points -- there\'s no need for a voter registration screen in North Dakota because the state does not have any voter registration. Anyone over the age of 18 can vote as long as they\'ve lived in their precinct for 30 days. So a poll of "adults" is equivalent to a poll of "registered voters". But that\'s all it is, there were no "likely voter" screens applied.<br><br>We\'ve got a poll in the field right now, so hopefully we can be the third poll in a row showing a neck-and-neck (or better) race in the state.<br></i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3133531">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133531" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   YAAAAAAA!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3126005">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3126005" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Glenn Beck joins the "SMEARCASTERS" at Faux Spews:<br><br><a href="http://www.smearcasting.com/?gclid=CI2eqNnjrZYCFRsRagod1WzsLQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.smearcasting.com/?gclid=CI2eqNnjrZYC...</a><br><br><i>Smearcasting documents the public writings and appearances of Islamophobic activists and pundits who intentionally and regularly spread fear, bigotry and misinformation in the media. Offering a fresh look at Islamophobia and its perpetrators in today’s media, it also provides four snapshots, or case studies, describing how Islamophobes manipulate media in order to paint Muslims with a broad, hateful brush. [download full report]</i><br><br><a href="http://www.newser.com/story/40156/glenn-beck-jumps-to-fox-news.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newser.com/story/40156/glenn-beck-ju...</a><br><b> Glenn Beck Jumps to Fox News</b><br><br><br><i>(Newser) – Conservative commentator Glenn Beck, who has gained a sizable following with his nightly show on CNN\'s Headline News channel, is leaving for Fox News. Beck signed a multi-year deal to host Fox\'s 5pm weekday program beginning in the spring, Broadcasting & Cable reports. He will also host a weekend show. Beck\'s CNN show has grown 200% since its launch in 2006, and he also has a popular radio show on Premiere Radio Networks.<br><br>Source Broadcasting & Cable</i><br><br><br>He will be among <b>smarmy/snarky/sarcastic</b>  friends!<br><br>All SSSSSSSnakes in the SAME PIT!!!<br><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!1</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3128056">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3128056" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s about time! He belongs on fake news & so does Elizabeth hasselhoff. Put her out of her misery & send her over there too. They can have a hate-fest & continue to get paid for it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3133515">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133515" class="dsq-comment-message">Teacher:  LOL!   :&gt;)   True dat!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3137908">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3137908" class="dsq-comment-message">Good, he can take his wacky vocals and stupid ideas and be on Fox. It is on my skip of channels. <br><br>Sorry but he is a tool.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3126053">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3126053" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   From Newser:<br><br><a href="http://www.newser.com/story/40129/gop-intellectuals-jump-macs-ship-leaving-wingnuts.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newser.com/story/40129/gop-intellect...</a><br><b> GOP Intellectuals Jump Mac\'s Ship, Leaving Wingnuts</b><br><br><i><br><br>(Newser) – It’s been a fun time for liberals, writes Rosa Brooks in the LA Times. Though initially worried about the boost Sarah Palin gave to John McCain’s polling numbers, Dems were then treated to the defections of some of the GOP’s brightest thinkers. Columnists David Brooks, Charles Krauthammer, and former Bush speechwriter David Frum all backed away from McCain, charging that the Alaska governor was out of her league.<br><br>Then conservative dissatisfaction boiled over—Christopher Hitchens, former National Review editor Wick Allison, and even Christopher Buckley, heir to the conservative legacy of William F., actually endorsed Obama. But wait, these intelligent defectors were the reason Brooks respected, if disagreed with the GOP, and their absence means the party is fully in the grips of “rage-driven, xenophobic nuts”—and that’s a scary thought.<br><br>Source Los Angeles Times</i><br><br>Is this similar to <b>RATS JUMPING SHIP!?</b>   Yep!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>And then there were 2   -  McAncient and The Gov.   HAH!    :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3126079">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3126079" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  BOOOO-YAAA!!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.newser.com/story/40023/obama-ad-blitz-stifles-mccain.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newser.com/story/40023/obama-ad-blit...</a><br><b> Obama Ad Blitz Stifles McCain</b><br><br><br><i>(Newser) – Over the past three weeks, Northern Virginia TV viewers have seen 1,342 commercials from Barack Obama … and eight from John McCain. Obama is dominating the airwaves, Politico reports, outspending McCain and the Republican National Committee as much as 8-1 in some markets, blunting GOP attacks with a sustained presence. “McCain is virtually invisible in the commercial breaks,” said one station executive.<br><br>McCain is running almost entirely attack ads, but Obama has been able to match his spending on negative spots, and use his remaining cash for positive ones. “He’s able to be both the good cop and the bad cop,” said one analyst. Pennsylvania is one state where McCain’s keeping up, with each campaign dropping $16.5 million there since June.<br><br>Source Politico</i><br><br>Is it, finnaly, time to dust off that PRESIDENTIAL SEAL that Mr. Obama used at one of his meetings??   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3127898">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3127898" class="dsq-comment-message">I haven\'t seen a McCain ad from the McCain campaign in about a week.  All the ads attacking Obama are from the RNC.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3133493">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133493" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  Maybe, \'cause they are NOW using their Benjamins \'cause McAncient\'s are dwindling.<br><br>OR - maybe they feel the need to look as if they are supporting McAncient since many Repugs have <b>"JOINED THE RAT PACK" and JUMPED [scurried off] SHIP!!  :&gt;)</b><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3126120">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3126120" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Another one bites OR eats the "mis-step" dust!!<br><br><a href="http://www.newser.com/story/40144/murtha-backtracks-on-pa-racism-jab.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newser.com/story/40144/murtha-backtr...</a><br><b> Murtha Backtracks on Pa. Racism Jab</b><br><br><br><i>(Newser) – Rep. John Murtha apologized for saying yesterday that “racist” western Pennsylvanians wouldn’t vote for Barack Obama, CNN reports. “While we cannot deny that race is a factor in this election, I believe we\'ve been able to look beyond race these past few months,” the Democrat said today in a statement. <b>“I believe he will win both Pennsylvania and the White House.”</b><br><br>Sources CNN, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i><br><br>Heck!  I didn\'t have time to post his ORIGINAL statement B4 he turns around the NEXT DAY to do a FAUX -APOLOGY!  <br><br>Whew!  What a rapid CONVERSION!!  :&gt;):&gt;)  He done SEEN DA LIGHT!!  Hallelujer!! :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!   YES WE CAN!<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMenB9Ywh2Q" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMenB9Ywh2Q</a><br>Another one bites the dust- Queen</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3126181">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3126181" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Conyers weighs in on ACORN probe by FBI:<br><br><a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/conyers_on_fbiacorn_probe.php" rel="nofollow">http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/...</a><br><b>Conyers On FBI ACORN Probe</b><br><br><i>Below is a letter sent by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), chair of the House judiciary committee, to Attorney General Michael Mukasey and FBI director Robert Mueller, in reaction to the news that the FBI has launched an investigation into ACORN in connection with its voter-registration activities.<br><br><b>In raising questions about DOJ\'s motives, Conyers makes the obvious link to the U.S. attorneys scandal, in which several U.S. attorneys were fired for not pursuing voter fraud cases with sufficient aggressiveness. And he makes the point that John McCain had raised the ACORN issue in last night\'s debate.</b><br><br>Here\'s the letter:<br><br><i>Dear Mr. Attorney General and Director Mueller:<br><br><b>It is with shock and disappointment that I read today\'s Associated Press report that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened and leaked an investigation into whether ACORN, a longstanding and well regarded organization that fights for the poor and working class, is involved in nationwide voter fraud.</b> <br><br>SKIP  A LOT:<br><br> <b>Accordingly, I condemn the leak of this sensitive information and remind you both of your and your agencies\' obligations to handle election-related matters in an appropriate and non-political matter as the election season proceeds.</b>In addition, please let me know no later than Thursday, October 23, 2008, if the release of information and all other actions taken regarding this investigation are consistent with the US Attorneys Manual and the Election Crimes Manual and, if not, what action has been taken in response. Please direct your response to the Judiciary Committee Office at XXXXXXXX (tel: XXXXXXXXXX, fax: XXXXXXXXXX).<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>John Conyers, Jr.<br><br>Chairman</i><br><br>O.K. McAncient/The Gov. are DIRTY SOB\'s!!  They are STR8 involved in this!  IMHO!<br><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3128013">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3128013" class="dsq-comment-message">But you know what, GLH? After all the lies, smears, robo-calls, race baiting, inciting, kitchen sink throwing,threats, falsehoods & falsifications & now misuse of government authorities, McCain IS STILL GOING TO LOSE!!!! He is going to have to learn it like Billary.  Don\'t go away mad, just go away.<br><br>Since we know for a fact that McLoser planted "Joe" the nazi skin head wannabe plummer, we can suspect that if there was any voter fraud committed by any ACORN "member," they might be plants too, for the purpose of creating a sandstorm while the repubs continue to try to steal an election they obviously can\'t win fairly. Investigate that!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3127099">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3127099" class="dsq-comment-message">According to Democratic Underground, Thom Hartman announced on his show that Joe the Plumber was arrested 3 times for domestic violence.<br><br><a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7474700" rel="nofollow">http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/du...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3133399">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133399" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:  Just from the texture of his skin [I\'ve worked with many of them], he looks like he "sips a bit" also.  That matches the "domestic violence" actions.<br><br>Annnnnd, if I cared, his educational/employment history would be very telling.<br><br>BUT    -  I don\'t!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3133681" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133681" class="dsq-comment-message">And those "buddies" he kept referring to in his interviews are probably part of the same militia.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3133830">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133830" class="dsq-comment-message">cherisblog:   LOL!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   Which reminds me.  I wish that I could have seen his "STEEL-TOED BOOTS WITH RED SHOE STRINGS!"  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3127379">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3127379" class="dsq-comment-message">Ohio man caught burning a cross \'for Halloween\':<br><br><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_re_us/burning_arrest" rel="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_re_us...</a><br><br> Fri Oct 17, 12:22 am ET<br><br>CANTON, Ohio – A man who burned a cross in front of his home says he was arrested in a misunderstanding over his Halloween decorations.<br><br>Thirty-six-year-old Shane Helson said he wanted to make his annual yard display more authentic and set fire to the T-shaped wooden cross so it would look more weathered.<br><br>The fire department responded Tuesday night, and a police complaint said Helson continued to spray lighter fluid on the wood after authorities arrived.<br><br>He pleaded guilty to having a disorderly house, a misdemeanor. Municipal Judge Mary Falvey fined Helson $100 and ordered him to complete 75 hours of community service. He is also barred from burning any more crosses on his display.<br><br>If Helson violates any conditions set by the court, he would have to serve 30 days in jail.<br><br>Helson is white, as is next-door neighbor Stephanie Blankenship. But her husband is black, and Blankenship says they have had problems with Helson and his roommate before and she feels intimidated.<br><br>___<br><br>Information from: The Repository, <a href="http://www.cantonrep.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.cantonrep.com</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3127503">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3127503" class="dsq-comment-message">Where are Black Republicans when things like this (and Chicken & Watermelon; assassination jokes, etc.) happen?  Notice how these well-trained Black Repubicans stand mute in the face of racist attacks and caricatures of Black people?<br><br>The racist cowardice that\'s exhibited in cross-burnings and cartoons, is matched only by that exhibited by the Black (Republican) folk who stand by and do nothing about it.<br><br>You Black righties need to study the words of Reverend Dietrich Bonhoffer (you know: "<i>First they came for the Catholics, but I wasn\'t a Catholic ...</i>")</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3127803" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3127803" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s like they are in serious denial about some of the core activities going on in the party.  This is so sad. It\'s like we\'ve turned the clock back 50 years.  What\'s next, lynchings, police dogs and water hoses, intimidation at the voting booths?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3128186" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3128186" class="dsq-comment-message">Things like this kick in the self-preservation gene. If you call someone on this, you\'re either drummed out, or you get the non-apology, or you\'re given something to placate you until you forget what happened (or until the next incident). You can\'t walk away in protest, because then you\'ll realize (or be reminded of) how much you weren\'t needed in the first place.<br><br>But, eventually (hopefully) you wake up one day and realize how f\'d up it all is. And you snap, damage to your credibility within the organization be dammed.<br><br>Now, you might see one person come out and make the requsite "that\'s f\'d up" statement for all black conservatives/Republicans. But it has to be someone awfully damn credible (a Powell, Rice, Michael Steele) for it to be taken seriously. And God help the black conservative/Republican who tries to defend this (off subject: thanks to whoever stole my screename )....James Harris, anyone? I\'ll check that out and get back to you.<br><br>True, freedom of speech does include the freedom to say something I don\'t like. But it also gives me the freedom to tell you I don\'t like it. Some black Republicans/conservatives check that freedom at the door as the price of admission.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3128537">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3128537" class="dsq-comment-message">You can\'t walk away in protest, because then you\'ll realize (or be reminded of) how much you weren\'t needed in the first place.<br><br><br>If the Republican party thinks that little of black Republicans, why are you there in the first place?<br><br>I\'m not saying you should vote Democrat, but stuff like the Obama food stamps and ignoring black Republicans and not supporting black Republican candidates should really tell black Republicans they are not wanted, needed or liked.  Why stay?<br><br>I\'d like to see a VIABLE third party.  The problem for me with third parties is they always start at the top (Presidential race).  They never start at the bottom (school board, city council, dogcatcher) and build support from the ground up.  I don\'t see why black Republicans couldn\'t start their own party and work from the ground up to make changes in our communities.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3128941">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3128941" class="dsq-comment-message">Because, for a Black Republican to start from the ground-up guarantees that he or she isn\'t the celebrity in the room.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3136227">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3136227" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  So co-signing!!  <i>WHY STAY??</i><br><br>Those who stay   -  I feel sorry for the way that they, apparently, think of themselves.   SAD  - but true.<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3129000" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3129000" class="dsq-comment-message">Life\'s great question....and the one that I\'m dealing with now.<br><br>If I decide to run somewhere in \'10, it will be as an "independent conservative." I can\'t, in good conscience, align myself with the GOP in what could be a contest against another black man. Not after this year.<br><br>There\'s a threefold problem with what you\'re suggesting: <br><br>1. I\'m not sure there\'s enough of us to form a viable organization,<br><br>2. Black Republicans/conservatives are gonna have to deal with the same internal illnesses the rest of the GOP is gonna face,<br><br>3. It\'s the ultimate catch 22: we\'d be disowned by the black community (wait, we are now!!), and we\'d lose the weight of the ol\' boy network. That would put us <i>completely</i> on our own.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3129340">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3129340" class="dsq-comment-message">But the ol\' boy network isn\'t applying its\' weight to you now.  I guarantee, if you run as a black Republican in \'10, the Virginia Republican party will pay about as much as attention as they are paying to Jim Gilmore -- zilch, nada, zero.<br><br>I think many more black people than not have a lot of the same conservative values as black Republicans.  But they\'ll never vote Republican because the Republican Party does not like black people.  The Republican Party doesn\'t even like the black people IN the Republican Party.<br><br>Start out small, like with a school board or board of supervisors.  A black man with a funny name is NOT supposed to be 19 days away from possibly being elected the next leader of the United States.  Yes He Can and Yes You Can.   If black conservatives actually talked TO black people instead of talking AT or talking DOWN to black people, you\'d get more headway.  James T. Harris "might" have a good message but nobody is going to be receptive to it when they\'re being told by him that they\'re sheep, simple, don\'t think and not as good a Negro as he is.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3129522" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3129522" class="dsq-comment-message">Had to mention Gilmore today, didn\'t you?<br><br>I\'m starting to come to that same conclusion, even though I can\'t tell how<br>much of the nonsupport is because I\'m talking about something two years out<br>or because I\'m black.<br><br>I\'d have to talk to people; probably have to literally go house to house in<br>Hampton Roads and Richmond. Not to mention that I\'d have to do it several<br>times, cause the first few would probably be a round of slamming doors.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3134970">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3134970" class="dsq-comment-message">I think if you went door to door, people would remember it and appreciate it.  I remember when Donald McEachin was running to be my delegate, and he walked from door to door asking for people\'s vote.  The white guy he was running against (this was a majority black district --East Richmond) said he wasn\'t going to go into the neighborhoods because they were "too dangerous."  Then why you tryna be the delegate from that district?  Then after he got called out for that he said he was going to spend the night with a black family "to see how they live."  Bitch, we live the same as you, in a HOUSE, paying the bills, etc.  Needless to say he lost.<br><br>And before you say "well of course he was going to lose, he\'s a white guy," the guy representing that district today is white.  Still a majority black district.<br><br>Point is, people appreciate it when you reach out to them instead of reaching over them.  Try talking to people (and starting now), just to really talk to them and find out what their concerns are.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3135860" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3135860" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s the plan: listen for the first year.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3128893">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3128893" class="dsq-comment-message">D, many people--myself included--have walked away from the Democratic Party for much less.   So in this day of racist cartoons, violence-inspiring rallies, and other racialized coded messages, there really isn\'t a burdensome conundrum of a choice: either one accepts this kind of racism as the cost of membership, or one walks away with his or her self-respect and dignity intact.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3139392">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139392" class="dsq-comment-message">Right. Plus, Michael Smerconish can flip, & the Chicago Tribune, who has NEVER endorsed a dem since it was founded in 1847 can flip, but Black repubs can\'t flip....Friends without benefits.<br><br>Issues.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3135646">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3135646" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  Party aside, 1st Amendment granted, etc. , etc., etc.,  -   Did THIS OFFEND you as a Black person?  YES or NO?<br><br>\'cause I couldn\'t read your position through ALL that you wrote.  Unless you didn\'t think that that was a question.<br><br>Just askin. . . .. <br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3135836" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3135836" class="dsq-comment-message">Offend me? No. I\'ve seen/heard worse.<br><br>But, I would speak against it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3136177">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3136177" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  Thanks.  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3127769" href="http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">B-Serious</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3127769" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m tellin\' y\'all, the media is going to carry McCain\'s water bigtime over the next couple of weeks.<br><br>Look no further than Morning Joe.  Man, I really can\'t stand that show.  A day after McCain compares Obama to bin Laden, conducts a dishonest and deplorable robo-call campaign . . . a day after the GOP makes a racist "Obama Bucks" food stamp smear .  . . <br><br>all good ole\' Joe and Mika can talk about is how swell a guy McCain is because he told a couple of jokes at the Al Smith dinner last night.  <br><br>Every time McCain smears Obama or links him to terrorists, the media treats just shrugs its shoulders and says, "well, campaigns are tough."  Every time Palin incites her crowds to violent rhetoric, Mika is the FIRST person to say how much she admires her fighting spirit.  But John Lewis calls the McCain camp on it\'s dangerous rhetoric and they spend their entire show demanding that Obama reject and denounce.<br><br>This stuff is NOT cute.<br><br>It\'s not the bias that gets me.  It\'s the fact that MSNBC allows Morning Joe to masquerade as an objective morning show.  Pat Buchanan, Joe Scarborough and Mika B. is not an objective morning show.  There\'s NO WAY MSNBC or any other network would allow Keith O. or Rachel Maddow to host a 3 hour morning show.  That\'s a big deal.  The morning shows shape the media cycle.  Since they\'re assumed to be neutral, reporters book appearences on these shows to advertise their newspapers.<br><br>It\'s not a time for political analysis. . . mornings should be a time for straight facts.  Tell us the news and move on.  People multitask in the morning . . . they\'re getting ready for work, getting they\'re kids ready for school.  They don\'t have the time to debunk the bias they hear on Morning Joe. <br><br>So when they put a happy face on the hate-speech coming from the GOP . . .  when they call McCain the happy warrior and ignore his smear tactics . . . surprise, they push a skewed view of the campaign.  All in the name of "fair" journalism.  What a joke.<br><br>No surprise that Joe share\'s his morning narrative with the Drudge report and this stupid "shock" poll coming out of Gallup.  This "shocking" poll shows a dead-heat, two point race between Obama and McCain.<br><br>What Joe doesn\'t tell you is that he cherry-picked this poll.  In fact, Gallup has two other polls that give Obama a slightly narrower, but still significant 6 point lead.  Even more, the poll Joe used is Gallup\'s "Traditional" poll of likely voters, which is not the poll they\'ve been using in this race.<br><br><a href="http://538.com" rel="nofollow">538.com</a> lays it out, here:<br><i>Slow news day, Matt? If this is a two-point race right now, I\'ll eat Drudge\'s fedora. None of the dozen or so other polls that were in the field this week shows a race that close. Nor do either of the alternate versions of Gallup\'s model, including the so-called Likely Voters II model that I find most credible. (Drudge, of course, had no interest in featuring the Zogby poll, as he had for the past several of days on his site, but which today showed Obama gaining ground.)<br><br>Let me be clear: I don\'t blame Drudge for trying to drive the narrative. Unlike certain other folks, it\'s not as though he\'s made any claim to being objective. With real news -- which polls aren\'t -- he generally has excellent and entertaining instincts.<br><br>I do, however, blame those of who allow yourselves to have your day ruined when Drudge moonlights as some kind of polling analyst.</i><br><br>Morning Joe and the rest of the msm will try to shape this election to benefit their ratings.  They will descredit polls that show a sizeable Obama lead and overemphasize polls that show a close horse race.  They will supplement these cherry-picked polls with media narratives that focus on why "Obama can\'t close the deal," . . .  "Is Obama complacent?" . . . and "McCain is the comeback kid."<br><br>Joe had the nerve to act like this "shocking poll" was the direct result of McCain\'s debate performance when he knows damn well that the tracking polls don\'t include Thursday\'s response to Wednesday\'s debate.  Again, he is shaping the media cycle.<br><br>Joe starts ranting about ACORN.  Funny, I didn\'t hear Joe say a damn thing about the thousands of voters that are being purged from the voting rolls as we speak.  I didn\'t hear him talk about the GOP efforts to suppress the vote in swing states.  But he\'ll talk about ACORN . . . and blame the "liberal" media while doing it.<br><br>And this is supposed to be a fair and balanced morning show?  Give me a break.<br><br>Sorry for the rant.  But it\'s clear to me that the media wants a close race for ratings purposes.  In fact, I get the feeling that shows like morning joe would love to see Obama lose a close race.  That way they get their Republican in the White House, but still get the chance to pat themselves on the back for covering Obama\'s historic campaign.<br><br>Let\'s hope the media shapes up and does its job.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3127895" href="http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">B-Serious</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3127895" class="dsq-comment-message">That link is wrong . . . <br><br>it\'s <a href="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/todays-polls-1016.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/todays-p...</a> <br><br>I didn\'t realize that this format automatically assigns a clickable link when you write one.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3132946">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3132946" class="dsq-comment-message">B-Serious:  Major co-sign!!!  Ever since I started on my "blogging journey -~7months ago", I kept asking "whycome" I don\'t see "THIS NEWS" on MSM?  How did I forget the <b>WHITE GENE?</b> of the "OWNERS/REPORTERS OF MSM??</b>  I don\'t know!   :&gt;)<br><br>And, I don\'t watch "that Joe" either.  Don\'t want to get sick!!<br><br>I\'m watching McAncient campaigning right now.  His real VP choice  -  JOE LIEberman is standing right there - looking like  -   a cheshire cat  - sickening!<br><br>Oh. P.S.  I\'m having trouble accessing JJP, so I\'m going through global Grind [Guess who "accidentally" found this?  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>What can I do?  I\'ve asked my ISP for assistance.  No help!  I keep getting a 404 Error message.[Don\'t know what that means.? :&gt;)]<br><br>Any suggestions! ?   Thank you.<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3133632" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133632" class="dsq-comment-message">JJP sent a message out over twitter that their web hosting service was tripping.  I had the same issue too. Hopefully it\'s fixed.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133787" class="dsq-comment-message">cherisblog:  Heyyyy!  :&gt;)  THANK YOU!!  :&gt;)  Can\'t connect YET!  So, I have used alternatives.  I was having a ROYAL FIT because I couldn\'t get the "hook-up" this morning!  Lawd ha\'mercy!!  :&gt;)<br><br><b>TWITTER?</b>  HAH!  :&gt;) <br><br>I just addressed this last week.  FYI, I just starting blogging 7 months ago.  I\'m "tech.-challenged!  :&gt;)  I don\'t know sooo much.:&gt;)<br><br>And then, this term gets presented.  I had a "Mental-Health Reality Break" behind it!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>But, I\'m O.K. now.  I\'ve just ignored it  - FOR NOW!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>AGAIN, THANK YOU!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3133853" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133853" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, I was going into JJP withdrawal too! I just got on twitter a couple of weeks ago, and I am now totally addicted to it. You should sign up...<br><br>Where is your blog? I\'d love to pop in for a visit.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3134074">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3134074" class="dsq-comment-message">cherisblog:  <i>Where is your blog?</i><br><br>Several answers present themselves:<br><br>1.  BWAHAHAHAHA!  I don\'t have one! :&gt;)<br><br>2.  I don\'t know.  I might have misplaced it in my garage.  :&gt;)<br><br>3.  Maybe it\'s in a closet!  :&gt;)<br><br>4.  Maybe it\'s in a drawer!  :&gt;)<br><br>5.  Maybe it\'s behind a door!  :&gt;)<br><br>6.  Well, at least I know WHAT it is.  :&gt;)<br><br>O.K. ENOUGH!  :&gt;)<br><br>Cherisblog:  I didn\'t even know what the word BLOG meant ~7months ago.  I accidentally found this site.  Then I started using it ERRY DAY!  That\'s how it happened for me.  :&gt;)<br><br>Soooo, I have NO blog.  SORRY.  :&gt;)<br><br>But I Sooo enjoy meeting errybody here at JJP!  <br><br>Annnnd, I\'m  HAPPY CAMPER!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>THE END.   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3134172" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3134172" class="dsq-comment-message">Ohhh, I saw you said that you have been blogging and thought you meant aside from at JJP.  <br><br>So then your blog is here, right?  LOL You do have a blog, and I can see it when I put my cursor over your pic.  LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3134366">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3134366" class="dsq-comment-message">RIGHT HERE   -JJP RULES!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3134927">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3134927" class="dsq-comment-message">preach</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3134932" href="http://nquest2xl.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nquest</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3134932" class="dsq-comment-message">One morning Mika said outright that she was for McCain.  And you know Joe Scar-o is party loyal.  Get them together with Pat Buchanan and they have a good time pushing the party line.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3136683">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3136683" class="dsq-comment-message">Nquest, Mika is a Polish pussy.  She let Joe Sour-bourgh brow beat her into going along with him and Buchklanan.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3128375">gaiilonfong</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3128375" class="dsq-comment-message">The tops hits right now on THE google..<br><br>McSame relationship to Gordon Liddy....<br>yet not ONE mention on the hideous MSM<br>Mika and Joe were all Palin/McSame love all the time<br><br>Imagine it took Letterman to bring up the relationship <br>I am google bombing that stuff all day<br>Liddy raise over 150,000 for McSame and his senate campaigns</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3128968">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3128968" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/17/palins-staffers-keep-her_n_135551.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/17/palins...</a><br><br>Palin\'s Staffers Keep Her Away From The News To Avoid Being "Depressed"<br><br>A day after The Washington Post\'s Dana Milbank wrote how the Secret Service is blocking press at Sarah Palin\'s rallies, it appears Palin\'s staff is blocking her from listening to the press. Palin revealed that she is in an ever growing media bubble at a fundraiser last night. During the same speech, Palin also attributed polling numbers to God: "We even saw today, thank the Lord," she said, looking upwards and raising her fist, "We saw some movement."<br><br>"So North Carolina, I appreciate you all so much, who are here who already get it. You know, maybe I\'m preaching to the choir a little bit here, but being here encourages me because I know that I\'m not alone and I\'ll send this message back to John McCain also. At those times on the campaign trail when sometimes it\'s easy to get a little bit discouraged, when, you know, when you happen to turn on the news when your campaign staffers will let you turn on the news," she said, prompting laughter from the group. "Usually they\'re like \'Oh my gosh, don\'t watch. You\'re going to, you know, you\'re going to get depressed.\'"<br><br><br>She added that while she doesn\'t always appreciate the way reporters portray the GOP ticket, she\'s been bolstered by the prayers of many of the campaign\'s backers.<br><br>"But yeah, sometimes you do get depressed watching what it is that they\'re reporting and the spin and some of the distortion of what our message is and what we stand for. Sometimes that, that gets draining," she continued. "But it\'s at events like these and our rallies that we are so energized and inspired and we know that we are not alone. We feel your strength and we feel the power of prayer, so many of you tell us that you are praying for us and praying for our country and that\'s why we so appreciate you being here."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3136251">Roger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3136251" class="dsq-comment-message">I really hope the nation sees through this godbot.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3136717">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3136717" class="dsq-comment-message">So let me try to understand:<br><br>John McCain is hurt by something John Lewis said, and feels it is appropriate to whine about it on national TV during a debate in a time of national economic crisis.<br><br>Sarah Palin\'s staffers are concerned with keeping her from getting depressed and she feels that this is worth mentioning to the crowd as she campaigns during a time of national economic crisis.<br><br>These people are asking the country to elect them to be leaders in this time, but are so blatantly self-centered that they do this stuff.<br><br>Dear John and Sarah: leadership means it\'s not all about you. If you don\'t understand what I mean, observe Senator Obama\'s approach. That\'s what a real leader is like. He gets it. <br><br>(Likely Sarah response: GOD and JESUS want us to win! Me me me want want want!)<br><br>(Likely John response: I put country first I was a POW and come from a long line of McCains and that should make you trust me -- my friends, I know how to get things done, I know! me me me want want want)<br><br>Such greedy self-involved nasty people. Blech.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3141452">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3141452" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  **Spoken with my best British accent**  I think you\'ve got it!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)YUK!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3129105">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3129105" class="dsq-comment-message">Two McCain Families<br><br>A family of McCains from Teoc, Miss., have an uncommon view of the campaign: they are descended from slaves held by the family of John McCain\'s great-great-grandfather.<br><br><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122419511761942501.html?mod=article-outset-box" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122419511761942...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3132802" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3132802" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3132802" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>The black McCains of today were raised to believe that they were blood relatives of the white McCains, dating back to slavery times. White McCains say they\'re unaware of any biological connection between the families. A spokesman for Sen. McCain declined to comment.</i><br><br>Now <b>that\'s</b> an American story.  The Black side raised to believe <i>the truth</i> and the white side claiming to be "unaware of any biological connection between the families."</i>  <br><br>I hope the Black McCain\'s star in Henry Louis Gates next PBS special and participate in DNA tests!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3137770" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3137770" class="dsq-comment-message">That is THE American story.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3137863" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3137863" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3137863" class="dsq-comment-message">You know it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3133278">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133278" class="dsq-comment-message">Is it just me or did the article try to make it seem like the white McCains were "only doing what other whites were doing at that time" as a way to exonerate them?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3133610">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133610" class="dsq-comment-message">If I were a Black McCain, I\'d damn sure make sure to show up at the reading of John\'s last will & testament.  :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3133255">BarackMarley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133255" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s the video of Letterman asking McCain about Liddy<br><a href="http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/letterman-questions-mccain-on-gordon-liddy/" rel="nofollow">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/letter...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3133292">BarackMarley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133292" class="dsq-comment-message">Here are some of the most racist Obama cartoons<br><a href="http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/most-racist-obama-cartoons/" rel="nofollow">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/most-raci...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3133332">BarackMarley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133332" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s the Obama and McCain Roast (Alfred E. Smith)<br><a href="http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/mccain-and-obama-got-jokes-roast/" rel="nofollow">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/mccain...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3133444" href="http://newsone.blackplanet.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Drew Ricketts</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133444" class="dsq-comment-message">The Racist Obama Cartoon Roundup at the link:<br><br><a href="http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/most-racist-obama-cartoons/" rel="nofollow">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/most-raci...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3133688">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3133688" class="dsq-comment-message">Drew:   Hey!   :&gt;)   Visited your article.  Strange how THIS information gets to the MSM and the McAncient-Iseman CONNECTION is "passed over".  RACISTS!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3134042">soulsistah02</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3134042" class="dsq-comment-message">Good People:<br><br>Over the course of the election cycle, I’ve read my share of baseless, disgraceful, ignorant and outright racist criticisms of Barack and Michelle Obama – from both ends of the political spectrum and everywhere in between. But the article I’ve pasted below, in my humble opinion, dwarfs all of them. It is the vilest 218 words I’ve ever read about the Democratic nominee. <br><br><br>Ed Whelan of the National Review writes:<br><br>Former Fetus Barack Obama  <br>Nearly 48 years ago, a young woman, not yet 18 became pregnant in her freshman year of college.  Living in a time and place in which abortion was generally illegal, she proceeded to marry the father of her child and gave birth to a son.  Perhaps she would have done so irrespective of the abortion laws at the time, even if, say, she lived in a legal culture that celebrated abortion as a fundamental right.  Very possibly not.  (I haven’t found any statistics on the percentage of pregnant college freshmen who abort their pregnancies, but indirect indications suggest that it’s very high.)  <br><br>Barack Obama may actually believe, as he stated yesterday, that Roe v. Wade “was rightly decided.”  But it may be very lucky for him, as the son born of that woman, that it hadn’t been decided a dozen or so years earlier.<br><br>That Obama may owe his very life to a pre-Roe legal regime that banned abortion is, to be sure, not necessarily a reason that he should favor that regime (though I can’t help noting that Justice Thomas’s critics recklessly accuse him of hypocrisy for opposing racial-preference plans that they say he benefited from).  But it ought to lead Obama and others to think more carefully about the valuable role that protective abortion laws play</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3135528">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3135528" class="dsq-comment-message">It still doesn\'t explain why the writer\'s own mother didn\'t seek out a back street abortion. I guess, ignorance really isn\'t bliss.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3135680">soulsistah02</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3135680" class="dsq-comment-message">Whelan\'s "analysis" is baseless and ill-conceived. With every article I read, I notice that Blacks are not the affirmative action hires, it\'s white folks.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3135962">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3135962" class="dsq-comment-message">soulsistah02:   CO-SIGNING!!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3150343">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3150343" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL that is the truth!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3134470">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3134470" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin omitted from White House Iraq troop briefing<br><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_el_pr/us_iraq_palin_1" rel="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_el_pr...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3135270">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3135270" class="dsq-comment-message">FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE EDITORIAL BOARD<br><br>Tribune endorsement: Barack Obama for president<br>The first time it has endorsed a Democrat for President<br><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-chicago-tribune-endorsement%2C0%2C1371034.story?track=email-alert-breakingnews" rel="nofollow">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3135343">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3135343" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/17/elisabeth-hasselbeck-diss_n_135593.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/17/elisab...</a><br><br>Elisabeth Hasselcrack:  Don\'t compare me to Ann Coulter!!!<br><br><br>Town:  Why not?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3135921">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3135921" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  WHY NOT?  LOL!!  She just doesn\'t want a twin.  Competition!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3139506">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139506" class="dsq-comment-message">Well.....in fairness to Liz....I can see why she\'d be upset with the comparison.....Ann Coulter is a dude.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3135385">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3135385" class="dsq-comment-message">I posted this in the other thread, but figured I\'d \'spread the wealth\'...<br><br><a href="http://thepage.time.com/mccain-speech-in-miami/ rel="nofollow">McCain calls Obama\'s tax plan \'welfare\'</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3135397">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3135397" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thepage.time.com/mccain-speech-in-miami/" rel="nofollow">http://thepage.time.com/mccain-speech-in-miami/</a><br><br>LOL - stupid link!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3136394" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3136394" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3136394" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-80-year-old-mother-just-called.html" rel="nofollow">My 80-Year-Old Mother Just Called</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3136759">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3136759" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign CH, my Dad celebrated his 85th birthday last Sunday, and he said something similar to what your Mother said.  I have been listening to this song all day on my ipod.  As I sign off from cube world, and leave work for today, I\'d like to send a shout out to all of JJP Bloggers with some Nina Simone.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCodBBnUYRE" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCodBBnUYRE</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3137097">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3137097" class="dsq-comment-message">Pat Buchanan on today\'s Hardball called Rev. Wright an "afro-racist". <br><br>And then proceeded to defend David Duke because he didn\'t bomb anything or anyone.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3137651" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3137651" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s called him that before.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3141239">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3141239" class="dsq-comment-message">that was the most ignorant, ignorant, crazy, stupid logic. It was like admitting my racism is better than being (alleged) anti-American. <br><br>beating my head against the wall.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3141299">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3141299" class="dsq-comment-message">JJai:  Move over!  I watched this MADNESS 2!  YUK!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3141396" href="http://www.hustleandfloe.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hustleandfloe</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3141396" class="dsq-comment-message">he meant that J. Wright\'s "AFRO" was racist, it being of the close-cropped kind in diametrically vehement opposition to the true wild fro worn by the luminaries of times past.<br><br>on the real, i\'ll sorta take afro-racist, not as a statement of fact in this case but rather as a neologism.  If accepted, then we must acknowldedge "afro" as a modifier, leading us to the question:  If there is such thing as an "afro-racist" then WHO, pray tell, is the plain old everyday racist?  [this one needs no modifier, obviously, as we all know who he is.]    seems patty B has just indicted himself...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3137724" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3137724" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3137724" class="dsq-comment-message">The GOP is running a campaign to get Barack assassinated.<br><br>That\'s their goal.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3137825">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3137825" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig, this is not a rhetorical question (truly not)<br><br>What do you feel is the practical use of saying that in public?<br><br>I\'m not sure how to process it....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3139445">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139445" class="dsq-comment-message">neither am i.     :-/</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3139589" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3139589" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139589" class="dsq-comment-message">Me either.<br><br>I don\'t know how to act, as my mother tells me a few times a week.<br><br>This election is driving me crazy.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3138115" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3138115" class="dsq-comment-message">I do have something to say about Robert Bauer\'s letter to Mukasey.<br><br>It was really well written, in that, someone like me could understand it. *lol*<br><br>However, I feel on a broader note, the only way to fight against the Republicans and MSM on this topic is to carry a bigger stick. They want to yell false accusations of voter fraud, we yell VOTER SUPPRESSION, louder<br><br>Because that is exactly what this is. They have done it in the past and plan to do it by purging the rolls (which has already begun).<br><br>The Republican\'s are playing with fire ... literally. And I truly believe 100% that they would rather see our country burn to the ground than lose their power. Power for them equals MONEY ... and money is the root of most evil.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3139321" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139321" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, the love of money is the root of all evil. And I agree that the GOP seems perfectly fine with the notion that if they can\'t have the country, nobody will.  After watching the reports today of what seems to be an increase in threats of hate crimes against blacks, I am truly disturbed.  <br><br>I saw a comment on here the other day that said before it is all over they will burn an effigy of Obama.  Well guess what they showed on the news today? An effigy...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3138393">TinNC</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3138393" class="dsq-comment-message">What do you think would happen if one of Obama\'s children did this?<br><br><a href="http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_piper_palin_finger.htm" rel="nofollow">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_piper_...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3138407">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3138407" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle Bachmann (R Rep - Minnesota) may be almost as scary as Sarah Palin.  She was on Hardball today going on about Obama\'s associations, caling him anti-American asking for a media investigation into other members of Congress that may be anti-American and a host of other crap that can\'t be explained and needs to be viewed to believe her blatant ignorance.  I\'m sure it will be up on Huffpo, MSNBC and/or Youtube soon.  The commentators that followed were a mix of shocked and upset at what they witnessed.  Well everyone except Pat.  Oh Pat, I try to tolerate him because he is what he is and he will never change but today he really pissed me off.  And without going any further because it will just piss me off more does anyone here honestly believe that in the course of Pat\'s life he has never been to a party with an extreme racist, crook or liar?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3138658">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3138658" class="dsq-comment-message">This woman is completely vile. I really thought I was listening to Palin\'s twin. <br>Not only do they both spew similar hate speech,  Bachmann appears to be just as vapid and lacking in depth<br><br>I really could not believe what I was hearing. My husband has really been anti-Chris lately because he feels he never interrogates GOP bullshiters. I think Chris goes both ways. On one hand I wanted him to rebut her charges or ask about McCain\'s associations. However, he simply let the twit show her ignorance and hate with little assistance.<br><br>The Obama campaign advisor and the editor from The Nation were clearly upset. I mean emotional after hearing this lunatic.<br><br>I don\'t know what else to say about Pat Buchannan. The constant comparison to KKK associations is well.....beyond. His new catch phrase, what is it "afro-racist"?<br><br><br>I think MSNBC has made a deliberate choice to keep Buchannan. They obviously believe he is good for their network ratings. Perhaps, they believe he balances out Ketih. Any day now he is going to say something so vile ...<br><br>I did notice Chris at the end warning him about "watching it"  that his natural "instincts" were starting to show. lol</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3138916">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3138916" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign, Honey01,  I heard that bitch.   I live here in MInnesota, and I\'m am writing an OP ED and sending it to both the Pioneer Press and the Star Tribune.   She\'s auditioning to play Palin\'s twin.<br><br>Michelle Bachman is up for relection come Nov. 4, and her opponnet is ahead in the polls.  So, she\'s struggling to hang on to her seat right now, and of course she has been handed the filty talking points of hate and divisive slime.<br><br>I posted on her last week regarding her blamming  minorities for the shitty meltdown on wall street.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3139192">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139192" class="dsq-comment-message">How do you think her "performance" tonight will be received in Minnesota?<br><br>I hope she goes down! Her challenger has already raised $30k since her appearance on Hardball.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3139666">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139666" class="dsq-comment-message">That bitch is going down!   Just like Palin, she\'s known around here as the "Barbie Doll of 10,000 Lakes."   Also, another one who hides behind religion to justify her shenanigans.<br><br>Yes, and I have donated to Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg\'s campaign too.<br><br>As for her "no vote" for the bailout, it was just a smokescreen for all the campaign donations she\'s recieved from corporate America, firms like can you say Freddie & Fannie?<br><br>MINNESOTA= BLUE=OBAMA/BIDEN 08!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3139476">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139476" class="dsq-comment-message">Pat Buchanan is like Mr. Wilson on Dennis the Menace. He\'s harmless now. They keep him around like that crazy mean old great uncle that your mama made you go visit to take him a carry-out plate from Piccadilly. Every once in a while he says something endearing in between all the batshit crazy rhetoric. I think that\'s why Rachel actually calls him "Uncle Pat"..that\'s exactly what he is in her eyes.<br>Does anyone still take Pat Buchanan seriously?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3141285">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3141285" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  WE don\'t.  BUT, Pablum KuKlansman keeps the RACIST ENVIRONMENT going for his RACIST following!!  He\'s dangerous for this!!I<br><br>Obviously, I can\'t tolerate him!!<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3139626">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139626" class="dsq-comment-message">Euro-racism = good.  <br><br>Afro-racism = bad.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3140683">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3140683" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3140683" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3141384">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3141384" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  Guess so  -in his WEE-BRAIN!   <br><br>He is so "STUCK ON RACISM!</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3139069">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3139069" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139069" class="dsq-comment-message">DUMP MICHELE BACHMAN  You can view this hussy on Hardball today.<br><br><a href="http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3139247" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3139247" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3139247">Honey01</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3139247" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139247" class="dsq-comment-message">I see she was on Larry King too. I only turned the channel (watching my girl Rachel) to see her and two other Rethugs in the last couple minutes before the show ended.<br><br>Needless to say, she still had that stupid smile on her face. We will see for how long.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3141263">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3141263" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3141263" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3141263">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3141263" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3141263" class="dsq-comment-message">pjamma:  She was READING The Gov.\'s SPEW  - -er speech!!   :&gt;)<br><br>You could hear that she didn\'t have one original thought.<br><br>And she\'s somebody\'s official REP&gt;???  How embarrassing!!  She\'s DUMB 2.  <br><br>Don\'t the Repugs <b>VET anybody??</b>  Just let any old dog in!!<br><br>Whew!  Annoying Deep Breaths!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3139063">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3139063" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3139063" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3139063">Elephants &amp; Flowers</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3139063" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139063" class="dsq-comment-message">On a happy note, my 8 yr old son (Black) is having a sleepover with two of his classmates.  One white (Irish) and one white? (Cuban&Irish).  They walked in as I was watching Hardball and one of his young guests said, "I like Obama.  I\'m voting for Obama."  Then, they all started to loudly chant "OBAMA!" - marching around the room and on the furniture.<br><br>I should have hurt them for standing on the sofa. But, I was too happy.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3141230">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3141230" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3141230" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3141230">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3141230" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3141230" class="dsq-comment-message">Elephants & Flowers:  RESPECTFULLY, I would have jumped on the sofa with them!!  Just that ONE time for the "O"-MAN!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Now, I\'m goin\' back ta mindin\' my own bu\'iness!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3141295">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3141295" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3141295" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3141295">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3141295" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3141295" class="dsq-comment-message">Me too GreenLadyHere!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3141321" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3141321" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3141321">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3141321" class="dsq-comment-message">msmartin:  LOL!   Guess we both gonna have ta sit in the "BAD CHAIR!"  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3139288">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3139288" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3139288" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3139288">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3139288" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139288" class="dsq-comment-message">Did any one see Larry King with Robert Kennedy Jr. and Michael Reagan?  Michelle Bachman and another Obama supporter were on split screen.  They were discussing you guessed it, Ayers.  Robert Kennedy brought up Palin\'s assosciation with AIP/Successionist.  He flat out asked what about it?, and Larry cut him off and told him they were out of time.......cut to advertisements!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3139641">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3139641" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3139641" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3139641">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3139641" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139641" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw that BS....I was like WTF?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3139928">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3139928" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3139928" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3139928">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3139928" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3139928" class="dsq-comment-message">The Atlanta Journal Constitution endorses Obama<br><a href="http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/10/19/prezed_1019.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stor...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3141363">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3141363" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3141363" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3141363">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3141363" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3141363" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:   Whooo!  Hooo!  <b>ENDORSEMENT!!</b>THANKS!!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3134465">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3134465" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3134465" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3134465">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3134465" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3134465" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <b>HEAD BOW and PRAYING for the FAMILY and FRIENDS</b>:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/17/four-tops-frontman-levi-s_n_135647.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/17/four-t...</a><br><b>Four Tops Frontman Levi Stubbs Dies</b><br><br><i>DETROIT — Four Tops lead singer Levi Stubbs, who possessed one of the most dynamic and emotive voices of all the Motown singers, died Friday at 72. He had been ill recently and died in his sleep at the Detroit house he shared with his wife, said Dana Meah, the wife of a grandson. The Wayne County medical examiner\'s office also confirmed the death.<br><br>With Stubbs in the lead, the Four Tops sold millions of records, including such hits as "Baby I Need Your Loving," "Reach Out (I\'ll Be There)" and "I Can\'t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)."<br><br>The group performed for more than four decades without a change in personnel. Stubbs\' death leaves one surviving member of the original group: Abdul "Duke" Fakir.<br><br>Stubbs "fits right up there with all the icons of Motown," said Audley Smith, chief operating officer of the Motown Historical Museum. "His voice was as unique as Marvin\'s or as Smokey\'s or as Stevie\'s."<br><br>The Four Tops began singing together in 1953 under the group name the Four Aims and signed a deal with Chess Records. They later changed their names to the Four Tops to avoid being confused with the Ames Brothers.<br><br>They also recorded for Red Top, Riverside and Columbia Records and toured supper clubs.<br><br>The Four Tops signed with Motown Records in 1963 and produced 20 Top-40 hits over the next 10 years, making music history with the other acts in Berry Gordy\'s Motown stable.<br><br>Their biggest hits were recorded between 1964 and 1967 with the in-house songwriting and production team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland. Both 1965\'s "I Can\'t Help Myself" and 1966\'s "Reach Out" went to No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart.<br>Story continues below </i><br><br>In his MEMORY:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HQEhuylZmg" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HQEhuylZmg</a><br><b>Baby I Your Loving</b><br><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEGlsifoqQY&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEGlsifoqQY&feat...</a><br><b>Reach Out, I\'ll Be There</b><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaXX5xFcm8E&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaXX5xFcm8E&feat...</a><br><b>Bernadette</b><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9B1msRZyBQ&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9B1msRZyBQ&feat...</a><br><b>Same Old Song/Walk Away Renee [Medley]</b><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyvLmNNtsKc&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyvLmNNtsKc&feat...</a><br><b>Can\'t Help Myself/Sugar Pie Honey Bunch  - live</b><br><br>ENJOY in his MEMORY!  :&gt;)</div>\
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